1640s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• 1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England.

Excavations

Finds

Publications

• 1643: Athanasius Kircher, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta.[1]
• 1646: John Greaves, Pyramidographia, or a Description of the Pyramids in Ægypt.

Events

Births

• 1646: April 4 - Antoine Galland (d. 1715).[2]
• 1647: Jacques Spon, French doctor and archaeologist (d. 1685).

Deaths

References

1. Athanasii Kircheri ... Lingua aegyptiaca restituta (in Latin). 1643. OCLC 9983374.
2. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

Preceded by 1630s in archaeology

Archaeology timeline 1640s

Succeeded by 1650s in archaeology