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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1878.

Excavations

  • Christos Stamatakis excavates the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (built c.1300&ndash;1200 BC).
  • Excavation of Vinovia Roman fort in the north of England begins.
  • September - Carl Humann begins excavations at Pergamon.

Publications

  • American Antiquarian founded by Rev. Stephen D. Peet.
  • Isaac Fletcher - "The Archaeology of the West Cumberland Coal Trade", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society.

Finds

  • The Balawat Gates are discovered in Assyria by Hormuzd Rassam.
  • 31 Iguanodon skeletons are discovered in a coal mine at Bernissart, Belgium.
  • Pergamon Altar.
  • Birka female Viking warrior excavated by Hjalmar Stolpe on the Swedish island of Björkö but believed at this time to be male.
  • Bayou St. John submarine.

Other events

  • September 12 - 'Cleopatra's Needle' is erected beside the River Thames in London.

Births

  • December 29 - Félix-Marie Abel, French biblical archaeologist (d. 1953)

References