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The decade of the 1680s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- 1685: Dolmen at Borger, Netherlands, excavated by Titia Brongersma. [1]
Finds
Publications
- 1685: Jacob Spon - Miscellanea eruditae antiquitatis
Events
- 1683: June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens in Oxford. The Rev. Robert Huntington donates the limestone false door stele of Shery from Saqqara ( Fourth Dynasty of Egypt), one of the first large Middle Eastern sculptures seen in Western Europe. [2]
- 1687: An explosion destroys part of the Parthenon. [3]
Births
- 1685: approximate date - John Horsley, English archaeologist (d. 1732)
- 1687: November 7 - William Stukeley, English antiquarian (d. 1765)
Deaths
- 1680: November 28 - Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (b. 1602) [4]
- 1689: November 26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
References
- ^ "The largest Hunebed". HunebedCentrum. 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- ^ Ashmolean Museum AN1836.479.
- ^ "Parthenon". britannica.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Athanasius Kircher". Yale University Library. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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1683 in archaeology)
| 1670s . 1680s in archaeology . 1690s |
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The decade of the 1680s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- 1685: Dolmen at Borger, Netherlands, excavated by Titia Brongersma. [1]
Finds
Publications
- 1685: Jacob Spon - Miscellanea eruditae antiquitatis
Events
- 1683: June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens in Oxford. The Rev. Robert Huntington donates the limestone false door stele of Shery from Saqqara ( Fourth Dynasty of Egypt), one of the first large Middle Eastern sculptures seen in Western Europe. [2]
- 1687: An explosion destroys part of the Parthenon. [3]
Births
- 1685: approximate date - John Horsley, English archaeologist (d. 1732)
- 1687: November 7 - William Stukeley, English antiquarian (d. 1765)
Deaths
- 1680: November 28 - Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (b. 1602) [4]
- 1689: November 26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
References
- ^ "The largest Hunebed". HunebedCentrum. 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- ^ Ashmolean Museum AN1836.479.
- ^ "Parthenon". britannica.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Athanasius Kircher". Yale University Library. Retrieved 20 June 2017.