List Of Archaeological Excavations By Date

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This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects.

1500s

• Pompeii - 1599 - Domenico Fontana called when the digging of an underground channel to divert the river Sarno ran into ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions.

1600s

1700s

1800s

• Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1842 - Paul-Émile Botta
• Ninevah - 1843 - Paul-Émile Botta
• Ninevah - 1845 - Austen Henry Layard
• Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1847 - Austen Henry Layard found Sennacherib's palace, and the library of Ashurbanipal
• Delphi - 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of Archaeology

1900s

• Gezer - R.A.S. Macalister
• Masada - Yigael Yadin
• Tel Arad - Yohanan Aharoni
• Ngaut Ngaut (also called Devon Downs) - Norman Tindale

2000s

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