1876 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1876.
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Excavations
Finds
- The "Mask of Agamemnon" found at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann. Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".
- October - Excavations by John Clayton in Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall yield at least 13,400 Roman coins.
Publications
- Amelia Edwards - A Thousand Miles up the Nile.
Births
- March 19 - John Marshall, English Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (died 1958).
- May 5 - John Garstang, English archaeologist of the Near East (died 1956).
Deaths
- August 19 - George Smith, English Assyriologist (born 1840)
See also
References
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