1898 in archaeology

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The year 1898 in archaeology involved some significant excavations.

Explorations

• Exploration of the site of Assur by German archaeologists begins.

Excavations

• J. E. Quibell excavates the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
• Excavations at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (1898–9).

Finds

• March - Victor Loret discovers Amenhotep II's mummy in his KV35 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings within the original sarcophagus, together with a mummy cache containing several New Kingdom Pharaohs including Thutmose IV, Seti II and Ramesses III, IV and VI.
• Summer - The Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age timber and earthwork in Lancashire, England, is discovered by Thomas Kelsall.
• The Narmer Palette is found by J. E. Quibell while excavating the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
• The site of Karakorum is identified as the former Mongol capital by Nikolai Yadrintsev, who discovers the Orkhon script during the same expedition.
• Willie Peppé, excavating a stupa at Piprahwa Kot, discovers ashes claimed to be of Gautama Buddha.

Births

• December 31 - J. Eric S. Thompson, archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (d. 1975).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1897 in archaeology
• 1899 in archaeology