1876 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1876.

Excavations

• Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann.^[1]

Finds

• The "Mask of Agamemnon" found at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann.^[2] Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".^[3]
• June 29 - Robin Hood Cave Horse, a fragment of rib engraved with a horse's head, discovered by Rev. J. M. Mello at Creswell Crags in the north east midlands of England, the only piece of Upper Paleolithic portable art showing an animal to be found in Britain.^{[4] [5] [6]}
• October - Excavations by John Clayton in Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall yield at least 13,400 Roman coins.^[7]

Publications

• Amelia Edwards - A Thousand Miles up the Nile.^[8]

Births

• March 19 - John Marshall, English Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (died 1958).^[9]
• May 5 - John Garstang, English archaeologist of the Near East (died 1956).^[10]

Deaths

• August 19 - George Smith, English Assyriologist (born 1840)^[11]

See also

• Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

Notes and References

1. Book: Schliemann, Heinrich. Mykena. 1878.
2. Web site: The Mask of Agamemnon: An Example of Electroformed Reproduction of Artworks Made by E. Gilliéron in the Early Twentieth Century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 24 May 2017.
3. Web site: Behind the Mask of Agamemnon - Archaeology Magazine Archive . archive.archaeology.org . 24 May 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130317095640/http://archive.archaeology.org/9907/etc/mask.html . 17 March 2013 .
4. Web site: Horse engraving on bone. British Museum. Explore. 2011. 2024-06-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016133100/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/h/horse_engraving_on_bone.aspx. 2011-10-16. Wayback Machine.
5. Book: Sieveking, Ann. A catalogue of palaeolithic art in the British Museum. 2011-10-14. 1987. British Museum. London. 978-0-7141-1376-0. 112–.
6. Web site: Discovery, nature and preliminary thoughts about Britain's first cave art. P. B.. Pettitt. researchgate.net. 2003. 2018-01-02.
7. Book: Lindsay. Bruce. Allason-Jones. McKay. Coventina's Well: a shrine on Hadrian's Wall. Hexham. Trustees of the Clayton Collection. 1985. 0-946897-05-0. Lindsay Allason-Jones.
8. Web site: Thousand miles nile - Egyptology. Cambridge University Press. 24 May 2017. en.
9. Web site: Sir John Hubert Marshall (Biographical details). britishmuseum.org. 24 May 2017.
10. Web site: John Garstang. Britannica.com. 24 May 2017.
11. Web site: Smith, George 1840-1876. worldcat.org. 16 May 2017.