1690s in archaeology explained

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The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Finds

• 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England.^[1]
• 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell.

Events

• 1693 - John Aubrey completes his in manuscript.
• 1694 - Maltese canon Ignazio di Costanzo reports in a letter that the Cippi of Melqart bear an inscription in the Phoenician alphabet.

Births

• 1690: February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, English antiquarian (d. 1755)
• 1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)^[2]
• 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771)^[3]

Deaths

• 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary (b. 1626)^[4]
• 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1633)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - Alfred Jewel. britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk. 9 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316140305/http://britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/highlights/alfred-jewel.html. 16 March 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus. britannica.com. 10 June 2017.
3. Web site: Drake, Francis (1696-1771) Antiquary. nationalarchives.gov.uk. 17 May 2017.
4. Web site: Earth Mysteries: John Aubrey (1626-1697). www.britannia.com. 4 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161024222647/http://www.britannia.com/wonder/aubry.html. 24 October 2016. dead.
5. Web site: Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino 1633-1698. worldcat.org. 4 June 2017.