Publications

• Posthumous publication by Édouard Lartet
  Édouard Lartet
  Édouard 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...
  
   of Henry Christy
  Henry Christy
  Henry Christy was an English banker and collector who left his substantial collections to the British Museum.-Early life:...
  
  's Reliquiae Aquitanicae, being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Perigord and the adjacent provinces of southern France commences.

Births

• May 23 - Edgar J. Banks
  Edgar James Banks
  Edgar James Banks . American diplomat, antiquarian and novelist. Banks was an antiquities enthusiast and entrepreneurial roving archaeologist in the closing days of the Ottoman Empire, who has been held up as an original for the fictional composite figure of Indiana Jones...
  
  , American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   antiquarian
  Antiquarian
  An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient objects of art or science, archaeological and historic sites, or historic archives and manuscripts...
  
   (d. 1945
  1945 in archaeology
  The year 1945 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Miscellaneous:* W. F. Grimes succeeds Mortimer Wheeler as director of the London Museum....
  
  ).
• June 26 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
  George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
  George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.-Biography:...
  
  , British
  British people
  The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
  
   Egypt
  Egypt
  Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
  
  ological excavation sponsor (d. 1923
  1923 in archaeology
  The year 1923 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens in order to date habitation of Chaco Canyon- Excavations:...
  
  ).