1710s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1710s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
Finds
- 1710: A few remains of the Temple of Apollo are discovered in Mdina, Malta. Most of the marble blocks were later sculpted into decorative elements for new buildings.[1]
Publications
- 1717: Michele Mercati's Metallotheca is published, 124 years after his death.
- 1719: Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey by Richard Rawlinson.
Other events
Births
- 1713: James Stuart (died 1788)
- 1716: date unknown - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (d. 1795)
Deaths
- 1715: February 17 - Antoine Galland (born 1646).
References
- ^ Caruana, Antonio Annetto (1882). Report on the Phoenician and Roman antiquities in the group of the islands of Malta. Malta: Government Printing Office. p. 89.