1818 in archaeology explained

The year 1818 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Events

• June 13 - Caspar Reuvens is appointed as the world's first professor of archaeology, at Leiden University in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Explorations

• Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza.^[1]

Finds

• February 17 - The burial vault of Dunfermline Abbey in Scotland, containing the remains of Robert the Bruce, is uncovered and secured for scholarly examination.^{[2] [3]}
• Ancient temple at Sanchi.
• 1818 or 1819 - Prajnaparamita of Java.

Publications

• Juan Ramis publishes Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca") in Mahón, the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to prehistory.

See also

• Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

Notes and References

1. Book: Belzoni, Giovanni Battista. Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia. London. 1820.
2. Book: Jardine, Henry . Report relative to the tomb of King Robert the Bruce, and the cathedral church of Dunfermline . Edinburgh . Edinburgh Hay, Gall and Co. . 1821 .
3. Penman . Michael . Robert Bruce's Bones: Reputations, Politics and Identities in Nineteenth-Century Scotland. International Review of Scottish Studies. 34. 2009. 7–73 . Ontario . Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph. 10.21083/irss.v34i0.1075 .