1853 in archaeology
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1853 in archaeology
Explorations
- Sir Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins in Harrappa
Finds
- Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh
Births
- 3 June William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
- 26 December Wilhelm Dörpfeld, architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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