1828 in archaeology
Events The 'Metternich Stela' is presented by Muhammad Ali of Egypt to Prince Metternich.
Finds The Crondall Hoard, a hoard of one hundred and one old French and Anglo-Saxon coins, is found in the village of Crondall in the English county of Hampshire.
Publications Prussian Academy of Sciences begins publication of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecum under the editorship of August Böckh.
Births May 2 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and explorer (d. 1915) August 18 - Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (d. 1917) Frank Calvert, British archaeologist (d. 1908)
Deaths March 31 - Charles "Hindoo" Stuart, Anglo-Irish British East India Company officer and collector of Hindu antiquities (b. c.1758)
See also List of years in archaeology 1827 in archaeology 1829 in archaeology
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