1844 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1844 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844.

Lithograph of ruins at Tulum, by Frederick Catherwood

## Explorations

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* Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings.[1]

## Excavations

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* Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.[2]

## Finds

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* William Reeves locates Nendrum Monastery.
* Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum.

## Publications

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* 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 primaeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp. 144–52).

## Births

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

## Deaths

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## See also

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* List of years in archaeology
* 1843 in archaeology
* 1845 in archaeology

## References

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1. ^ Tyldesley, Joyce (1996). Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh. Penguin Books. p. 122.
2. ^ Acton, Frances Stackhouse (2012). "Description of a Roman Villa discovered at Acton Scott, near Church Stretton, in Shropshire, in 1817; with an account of further researches made in July, 1844: Communicated in a Letter from Mrs. Frances Stackhouse Acton to the Very Reverend the Dean of Hereford". Archaeologia. 31: 339–345\. doi:10.1017/S0261340900012480.

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