1818 in archaeology

The year 1818 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Events

 * June 13 - Caspar Reuvens is appointed as the world's first professor of archaeology, at Leiden University in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Explorations

 * Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Finds

 * Ancient temple at Sanchi.
 * 1818 or 1819 - Prajnaparamita of Java.

Publications

 * Juan Ramis publishes Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca") in Mahón, the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to prehistory.