1865 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1865 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1865.

## Explorations

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* The first report of a discovery of Coţofeni culture at Râpa Roșie in Romania is made by Fr. W. Schuster.

## Excavations

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* Excavations at Slack Roman fort in Yorkshire (England) under the direction of George Lloyd.

## Publications

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* Joseph Barnard Davis and John Thurnam complete publication of Crania Britannica: delineations and descriptions of the skulls of the aboriginal and early inhabitants of the British islands.
* John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages, including his coinage of the term Palæolithic.[1]
* Joseph-Alexander Martigny publishes Dictionnaire des antiquités chrétiennes.
* Edward Burnett Tylor publishes Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization.

## Finds

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* French archeologist Auguste Mariette discovers Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Fifth dynasty of Egypt. It is made c. 2510 BC - 2460 BC.

## Events

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* Churchill Babington elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.
* Palestine Exploration Fund is established.[2]

## Births

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* June 22 - Friedrich Sarre, German Orientalist (d. 1945)
* August 27 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)[3]
* Alfred Foucher, French scholar and archaeologist of Buddhism (d. 1952)[4]

## Deaths

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* May 4: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor (born 1810).[5]
* May 21 - Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish archaeologist (born 1788).

## See also

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* Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

## References

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1. ^ "Palaeolithic, adj. and n.". Oxford English Dictionary online version (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24. (subscription or participating institution membership required)
2. ^ "The History of the PEF". pef.org.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. ^ "James Henry Breasted". britannica.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
4. ^ "Foucher, A. (Alfred) 1865-1952". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
5. ^ Edwards, Edward (17 June 2010). Lives of the Founders of the British Museum: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870. Cambridge University Press. p. 43\. ISBN 9781108014953.

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