1898 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1898.

Explorations

• Exploration of the site of Assur by German archaeologists begins.

Excavations

• J. E. Quibell excavates the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
• Excavations at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (1898 - 9).

Finds

• March - Victor Loret discovers Amenhotep II's mummy in his KV35 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings within the original sarcophagus, together with a mummy cache containing several New Kingdom Pharaohs including Thutmose IV, Seti II and Ramesses III, IV and VI.^[1]
• Summer - The Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age timber and earthwork in Lancashire, England, is discovered by Thomas Kelsall.^[2]
• The Withypool Stone Circle (late Neolithic/early Bronze Age) on Exmoor, England, is discovered accidentally by Archibald Hamilton.
• The Narmer Palette is found by J. E. Quibell while excavating the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
• The site of Karakorum is identified as the former Mongol capital by Nikolai Yadrintsev, who discovers the Orkhon script during the same expedition.
• Willie Peppé, excavating a stupa at Piprahwa Kot, discovers ashes claimed to be of Gautama Buddha.
• Purported finding of the Kensington Runestone in Minnesota.

Births

• 22 August – Jaroslav Černý, Czech-born Egyptologist (d. 1970).
• 14 September – Ernest Nash, born Ernst Nathan, German-born student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography (d. 1974).^[3]
• 31 December – J. Eric S. Thompson, English archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (d. 1975).^[4]

Deaths

• 21 October – Marianne Brocklehurst, English Egyptological traveller and expedition sponsor (b. 1832).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1897 in archaeology
• 1899 in archaeology

Notes and References

1. Book: Der Manuelian, Peter. Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II. Hildesheim. Gerstenberg. 1987. 3-8067-8105-2.
2. Web site: Scheduled Ancient Monument - Bleasdale Circle. your Lancashire. Lancashire County Council. 2011-11-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120305190839/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/view.asp?siteid=4398&pageid=20460&e=e. 2012-03-05.
3. Radnoti-Alföldi, M.; Lahusen, M. C. (2000). Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan: Potsdam, Rom, New York, Rom. Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. .
4. Web site: Sir J. Eric S. Thompson. britannica.com. 28 May 2017.