1852 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1852.

Excavations

• January - Excavations of the royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin are resumed by Victor Place.
• Excavations at Nineveh are continued by H. C. Rawlinson.
• Excavations at Babylon by Julius Oppert begin.
• Excavations in the Nile Valley by Hekekyan Bey begin.

Finds

• Antique-collecting grave robbers dig up the bones of Lilias Adie who died in 1704 in custody under investigation for witchcraft at Torryburn, Scotland.^{[1] [2]}
• In May, excavations by Charles Ernest Beulé on the Acropolis of Athens discover the remains of the Beulé Gate.^[3]

Publications

• William Michael Wylie - Fairford Graves: a record of researches in an Anglo-Saxon burial place in Gloucestershire.

Births

• March 30 - James Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist and author (died 1897).

Deaths

• March 5 - Bernardino Drovetti, Piedmontese antiquarian and Egyptologist (born 1776).
• October 13 - John Lloyd Stephens, American explorer of Maya civilization sites in Mesoamerica (born 1805).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1851 in archaeology
• 1853 in archaeology

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish officials are hunting the remains of 18th-century 'witch'. Woodyatt. Amy. 2019-09-02. CNN Travel. 2019-09-09.
2. News: The bones of an 18th century 'witch' vanished decades ago. Now Scottish officials are hunting for them. Flynn. Meagan. 2019-09-03. The Washington Post. 2019-09-03.
3. Book: St. Clair, William. David . Lucy . St Clair . Barnes . 2022. Who Saved the Parthenon? A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution. Open Book Publishers. Cambridge. 10.11647/OBP.0136. 978-1-78374-461-9 . 248842303 . 2023-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220527094410/https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0136.pdf. 2022-05-27. 490–491 . free .