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
- 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.
1800s
- 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
- Delphi - 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of Archaeology