1873 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1873.

Excavations January; November – George Smith sets out for excavations at Nineveh.

Explorations May 29 – Deir ed-Darb, a first-century BCE monumental tomb from Second Temple Judea, is discovered in the Ottoman Syria Vilayet by a Royal Engineers soldier. Antonio García Cubas makes first scholarly description of the ruins of the Toltec capital in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. José Ramos Orihuela discovers the cave paintings in the Painted cave of Galdar ("Cueva Pintada") at Gáldar, Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria.

Finds May 27 - German Classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" at the presumed site of Troy in Anatolia. The Hiddensee treasure, a hoard of pendants and other gold jewellery from the time of Viking ruler Harald Bluetooth, is found on the German island of Hiddensee in the Baltic. Bharhut stupa is identified in India by Alexander Cunningham.

Births June 29 - Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist (d. 1938) July 28 - John Winter Crowfoot, English educational administrator and archaeologist (d. 1959)

See also Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

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