1869 in archaeology

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The year 1869 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Temple of Artemis at Ephesus discovered by British archaeologist John Turtle Wood near Kusadasi, Turkey.
• Near Miamisburg, Ohio, the site of Miamisburg Mound is partially excavated, when a vertical shaft is sunk from the top to the base, with two horizontal tunnels extending from it.

Finds

• Waldalgesheim chariot burial.

Births

• March 30 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-born anthropologist (d. 1943)
• September 24 - Maud Cunnington, British archaeologist (d. 1951)
• John Kirk, English physician, Roman archaeologist and physical anthropologist (d. 1940)

Deaths

• August 8 - Roger Fenton, photographer (b. 1819)

See also

• Egyptology