1829 in archaeology

1829 in archaeology

Explorations

 * 'Charles Masson' (James Lewis) explores the Indus Valley civilisation and locates the site of Harappa.

Excavations

 * First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouet
 * Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England, prior to construction of the Yorkshire Museum on part of the site.

Finds

 * Engis 2, part of the skull of a young child and other bones, recognised in 1936 as the first known Neanderthal fossil, is found in the Awirs cave near Engis in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) by Philippe-Charles Schmerling.

Deaths

 * 10 May - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (b. 1773)