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

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* 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

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* Ur \- 1625 - Pietro Della Valle noted bricks with cuneiform writing and stone seals at the site of Ur.

## 1700s

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* Julliberrie's Grave \- 1702 - Heneage Finch

## 1800s

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### 1810s

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* Babylon \- 1811–12 - Claudius Rich

### 1840s

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* 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

### 1850s

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* Larsa \- 1850 - William Loftus
* Nippur \- 1851 - Austen Henry Layard
* Borsippa \- 1854 - Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
* Eridu \- 1855 - John George Taylor

### 1870s

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* Troy \- 1871-1879 - Heinrich Schliemann conducted two excavations at the site, determining that the city pre-dated the Classical era

### 1880s

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* Sippar \- 1880-81 - Hormuzd Rassam
* Sippar-Amnanum \- Hormuzd Rassam
* Tell Zurghul \- 1887 - Robert Koldewey
* Lagash \- 1887 - Robert Koldewey

### 1890s

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* Delphi \- 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of Archaeology

## 1900s

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### 1900s

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* Knossos \- 1900 - Arthur Evans
* Shuruppak \- 1902 - Robert Koldewey and Friedrich Delitzsch
* Gezer \- 1902-09 - R.A.S. Macalister
* Adab \- 1903-05 - Edgar James Banks
* Girsu \- 1903-09 - Gaston Cros

### 1910s

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* Tell al-'Ubaid \- Henry Hall

### 1920s

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* Ngaut Ngaut (also called Devon Downs) - Norman Tindale
* Mohenjo-daro \- Kashinath Narayan Dikshit in 1924–25 and John Marshall in 1925–26
* Jemdet Nasr \- Stephen Langdon

### 1930s

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* Sutton Hoo \- Basil Brown
* Eshnunna \- Henri Frankfort
* Khafajah \- Henri Frankfort

### 1940s

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* Tell Uqair \- Seton Lloyd

### 1960s

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* Masada \- Yigael Yadin
* Tel Arad \- Yohanan Aharoni

### 1990s

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* Marad \- 1990 - Excavations led by Na'el Hannoon

## 2000s

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* Tulul al-Baqarat \- 2008-10 - Ayad Mahir Mahmud

### 2010s

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* Tell Khaiber \- 2013-17