1855 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1855.

Explorations

Excavations

• May - Heath Wood barrow cemetery in England, by Thomas Bateman.[1]
• Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England, by F Carroll.

Finds

• January 19 - Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II in a necropolis near Sidon.[2]

Events

• December 14 - inaugural meeting of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Publications

• John Yonge Akerman - Remains of Pagan Saxondom.
• Churchill Babington (ed.) - Benefizio della Morte di Cristo, a remarkable book of the Reformation period.

Births

• September 10 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (d. 1925).[3]

Deaths

• April 15 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (b. 1786).[4]

References

1. Bateman, Thomas (1861). Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of Derby, Stafford and York.
2. "A voice from the ancient dead: Who shall interpret it?". United States Magazine of Science. Emerson: 379–381. 1855-02-11. OCLC 8069525. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
3. "Robert Koldewey - German architect and archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. "BANKES, William John (1786-1855), of Kingston Hall, Dorset". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.