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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844.

thumb|250px|Lithograph of ruins at [[Tulum, by Frederick Catherwood]]

Explorations

  • Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings.

Excavations

  • Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.

Finds

  • The François Vase is discovered in fragments at Chiusi in Tuscany by Alessandro François.
  • Nendrum Monastery is located on Hadrian's Wall by William Reeves.
  • Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum in the north of Ireland.

Publications

  • Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization.
  • March - The Archaeological Journal first published. The first volume includes Frederick Lukis's "Observations on the primeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp.&nbsp;144–52).

Births

  • August 3 - Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (d. 1920)

See also

  • List of years in archaeology
  • 1843 in archaeology
  • 1845 in archaeology

References