1898 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1898.

Explorations

J. E. Quibell excavates the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
Excavations at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (1898–9).

March - Victor Loret discovers Amenhotep II's mummy in his KV35 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings within the original sarcophagus, together with a mummy cache containing several New Kingdom Pharaohs including Thutmose IV, Seti II and Ramesses III, IV and VI.^[1]
Summer - The Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age timber and earthwork in Lancashire, England, is discovered by Thomas Kelsall.^[2]
The Withypool Stone Circle (late Neolithic/early Bronze Age) on Exmoor, England, is discovered accidentally by Archibald Hamilton.
The Narmer Palette is found by J. E. Quibell while excavating the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
The site of Karakorum is identified as the former Mongol capital by Nikolai Yadrintsev, who discovers the Orkhon script during the same expedition.
Willie Peppé, excavating a stupa at Piprahwa Kot, discovers ashes claimed to be of Gautama Buddha.
Purported finding of the Kensington Runestone in Minnesota.

22 August – Jaroslav Černý, Czech-born Egyptologist (d. 1970).
14 September – Ernest Nash, born Ernst Nathan, German-born student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography (d. 1974).^[3]
21 December – George E. Mylonas, Greek archaeologist (d. 1988).^[4]
31 December – J. Eric S. Thompson, English archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (d. 1975).^[5]
Phoebe Keef^[6] (d. 1978)

21 October – Marianne Brocklehurst, English Egyptological traveller and expedition sponsor (b. 1832).

^ Der Manuelian, Peter (1987). Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg. ISBN 3-8067-8105-2.
^ "Scheduled Ancient Monument - Bleasdale Circle". your Lancashire. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ Radnoti-Alföldi, M.; Lahusen, M. C. (2000). Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan: Potsdam, Rom, New York, Rom. Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. ISBN 3-87584-045-3.
^ G. E. Mylonas, 89, Archeologist Who Led Greek Excavations, Dies
^ "Sir J. Eric S. Thompson". britannica.com. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^ McInnes, James (2016), "East Dean: a home for the High Woods", in Manley, John (ed.), Secrets of the High Woods: Revealing Hidden Landscapes (PDF), South Downs National Park Authority, pp. 86–87, ISBN 978-1-5272-0302-0, retrieved 17 January 2025