1822 in archaeology

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The year 1822 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Finds

• Turin King List is discovered by Bernardino Drovetti.
• First discoveries of Golasecca culture.

Publications

• Descriptions of the Ruins of an Ancient City, discovered near Palenque published in London. The first book on the Maya site of Palenque, based on the accounts of Antonio Bernasconi and Antonio del Rio, and illustrated with engravings based on the drawings of Bernasconi and Luciano Castañeda.

Miscellaneous

• Jean-François Champollion translates the hieroglyphs from the Rosetta Stone.

Births

• January 6 - Heinrich Schliemann, excavator of Troy
• February 23 - Giovanni Battista de Rossi, developed Christian archeology

See also

• Ancient Egypt / Egyptology