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The year 1812 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

  • Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt discovers Petra.

Excavations

  • Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810–1814.

Publications

  • Sir Richard Colt Hoare - The Ancient History of South Wiltshire.

Miscellaneous

  • American Antiquarian Society is founded in Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas.

Deaths

  • July 14 - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German classicist (b. 1729)
  • December 22 - Pierre Henri Larcher, French classicist (b. 1726)

See also

  • Roman Forum - excavations.