1812 in archaeology

The year 1812 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

 * Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt discovers Petra.

Excavations

 * Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810–1814.

Publications

 * Sir Richard Colt Hoare - The Ancient History of South Wiltshire.

Miscellaneous

 * American Antiquarian Society is founded in Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas.

Deaths

 * July 14 - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German classicist (b. 1729)
 * December 22 - Pierre Henri Larcher, French classicist (b. 1726)