List of archaeological excavations by date
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This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects.
1500s[edit]
- Pompeii - 1599 - Domenico Fontana called when the digging of an underground channel to divert the river Sarno ran into ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions.
1600s[edit]
- Ur - 1625 - Pietro Della Valle noted bricks with cuneiform writing and stone seals at the site of Ur.
1700s[edit]
- Julliberrie's Grave - 1702 - Heneage Finch
1800s[edit]
1810s[edit]
- Babylon - 1811–12 - Claudius Rich
1840s[edit]
- Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1842 - Paul-Émile Botta
- Ninevah - 1843 - Paul-Émile Botta
- Ninevah - 1845 - Austen Henry Layard
- Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1847 - Austen Henry Layard found Sennacherib's palace, and the library of Ashurbanipal
1850s[edit]
- Larsa - 1850 - William Loftus
- Nippur - 1851 - Austen Henry Layard
- Borsippa - 1854 - Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
- Eridu - 1855 - John George Taylor
1870s[edit]
- Troy - 1871-1879 - Heinrich Schliemann conducted two excavations at the site, determining that the city pre-dated the Classical era
1880s[edit]
- Sippar - 1880-81 - Hormuzd Rassam
- Sippar-Amnanum - Hormuzd Rassam
- Tell Zurghul - 1887 - Robert Koldewey
- Lagash - 1887 - Robert Koldewey
1890s[edit]
- Delphi - 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of Archaeology
1900s[edit]
1900s[edit]
- Knossos - 1900 - Arthur Evans
- Shuruppak - 1902 - Robert Koldewey and Friedrich Delitzsch
- Gezer - 1902-09 - R.A.S. Macalister
- Adab - 1903-05 - Edgar James Banks
- Girsu - 1903-09 - Gaston Cros
1910s[edit]
1920s[edit]
- Ngaut Ngaut (also called Devon Downs) - Norman Tindale
- Mohenjo-daro - Kashinath Narayan Dikshit in 1924–25 and John Marshall in 1925-26
- Jemdet Nasr - Stephen Langdon
1930s[edit]
1940s[edit]
1960s[edit]
1990s[edit]
- Marad - 1990 - Excavations led by Na'el Hannoon
2000s[edit]
- Tulul al-Baqarat - 2008-10 - Ayad Mahir Mahmud
2010s[edit]
- Tell Khaiber - 2013-17