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1843 in archaeology
Explorations
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Excavations
- Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
- Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.
Finds
- Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.
Publications
- Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
- The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
- Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken
Events
- September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
- British Archaeological Association founded.
Births
- June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott (d. 1919), American archaeologist and naturalist
- September 9 - Oscar Montelius (d. 1921), Swedish archaeologist
Deaths
- January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken (b. 1813), German Classical archaeologist
- June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini (b. 1843), Tuscan Egyptologist