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- Giuseppe FiorelliGiuseppe FiorelliGiuseppe Fiorelli was an Italian archaeologist born in Naples, Italy. His excavations at Pompeii helped preserve the city.Fiorelli's initial work at Pompeii was completed in 1848. He was then imprisoned for some time because his radical approach to archaeology and strong nationalist feelings...
takes charge of excavations at PompeiiPompeiiThe city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
. - Ernest RenanErnest RenanErnest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...
makes excavations at ByblosByblosByblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...
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Finds
- Édouard LartetÉdouard LartetÉdouard Lartet was a French paleontologist.-Biography:Lartet was born near Castelnau-Barbarens, of Gers, France, where his family had lived for more than five hundred years. He was educated for the law at Auch and Toulouse, but having private means elected to devote himself to science...
discovers stone toolStone toolA stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric, particularly Stone Age cultures that have become extinct...
s (of a type already found in EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) at AurignacAurignacAurignac is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France on the edge of the Pyrénées. It is the seat of the canton of Aurignac , which is composed of 19 communes. It is part of the ancient region known as the Comminges....
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Births
- July 15 - Max von OppenheimMax von OppenheimMax Freiherr von Oppenheim was a German ancient historian, and archaeologist, "the last of the great amateur archaeological explorers of the Near East."....
, German Near EastNear EastThe Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
ern archaeologist (d. 19461946 in archaeologyThe year 1946 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Bonampak first visited by non-Mayans.* Maria Reiche begins to map the Nazca Lines.-Excavations:* Ferriby Boats 1 and 2 excavated....
). - November 8 - Francis J. HaverfieldFrancis J. HaverfieldFrancis John Haverfield was a British historian and archaeologist.Educated at the University of Oxford, he also worked under Theodor Mommsen...
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
Romano-British archaeologist (d. 19191919 in archaeologyThe year 1919 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Events:* 22 May: A. E. Douglass provides the first comparative dendrochronology datings, to Clark Wissler of the American Museum of Natural History for sites in New Mexico.-Publications:...
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