Overview of the events of 1898 in archaeology
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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.
- Summer - The Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age timber and earthwork in Lancashire, England, is discovered by Thomas Kelsall.
- 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).
- 21 December – George E. Mylonas, Greek archaeologist (d. 1988).
- 31 December – J. Eric S. Thompson, English archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (d. 1975).
Deaths
- 21 October – Marianne Brocklehurst, English Egyptological traveller and expedition sponsor (b. 1832).
See also
References
- Der Manuelian, Peter (1987). Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg. ISBN 3-8067-8105-2.
- "Scheduled Ancient Monument - Bleasdale Circle". your Lancashire. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- Radnoti-Alföldi, M.; Lahusen, M. C. (2000). Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan: Potsdam, Rom, New York, Rom. Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. ISBN 3-87584-045-3.
- G. E. Mylonas, 89, Archeologist Who Led Greek Excavations, Dies
- "Sir J. Eric S. Thompson". britannica.com. Retrieved 28 May 2017.