1800 in archaeology

The year 1800 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

 * Bretby Castle, Derbyshire, England, a 16th-century fortified manor, is partially excavated.

Births

 * August 13 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (d. 1843)
 * October 8 - Jules Desnoyers, French geologist and archaeologist (d. 1887)
 * December 24 - Ferdinand Keller, Swiss archaeologist (d. 1881)
 * Charles Masson, born James Lewis, British explorer of Buddhist sites (d. 1853)

Deaths

 * June 28 - Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, French antiquary (b. 1743)