1836 in archaeology

1836 in archaeology.

Explorations

 * October 16 - Ruins of Roman site at Mastaura in Greece visited by William Hamilton.
 * Site of Susa in Persia examined by Henry Rawlinson.

Finds

 * May - Right half of Llandaf Diptych (carved from elephant ivory in Paris around 1340/60) found in south Wales.
 * June
 * 17 miniature coffins of unknown provenance are found in a cave on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
 * Wreck of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose (capsized 1545) discovered in the Solent.
 * Chatsworth Head found near Tamassos on Cyprus.
 * Procne and Itys statue in the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

Publications

 * Otto Jahn - Palamedes.
 * Christian Jürgensen Thomsen - Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed.

Events

 * October 25 - Luxor Obelisk re-erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris.
 * James Prinsep begins to decipher the Edicts of Ashoka.