Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1853.
Explorations Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins at Harappa in the Punjab John Thurnam begins investigating tumuli around Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England Finds Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh Winter 1853–54 – Archaeologist Ferdinand Keller identifies the remains of the Meilen–Rorenhaab site, first of the prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich to be located.
Births June 3 – Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942) December 26 – Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)
Deaths June 8 – Howard Vyse, English soldier and Egyptologist (b. 1784) November 5 – Charles Masson, English soldier, explorer of Buddhist sites and numismatist (b. 1800)
See also List of years in archaeology 1852 in archaeology 1854 in archaeology
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