1852 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1852.

Excavations

 * January - Excavations of the royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin are resumed by Victor Place.
 * Excavations at Nineveh are continued by H. C. Rawlinson.
 * Excavations at Babylon by Julius Oppert begin.
 * Excavations in the Nile Valley by Hekekyan Bey begin.

Finds

 * Antique-collecting grave robbers dig up the bones of Lilias Adie who died in 1704 in custody under investigation for witchcraft at Torryburn, Scotland.
 * In May, excavations by Charles Ernest Beulé on the Acropolis of Athens discover the remains of the Beulé Gate.

Publications

 * William Michael Wylie - Fairford Graves: a record of researches in an Anglo-Saxon burial place in Gloucestershire.

Births

 * March 30 - James Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist and author (died 1897).

Deaths

 * March 5 - Bernardino Drovetti, Piedmontese antiquarian and Egyptologist (born 1776).
 * October 13 - John Lloyd Stephens, American explorer of Maya civilization sites in Mesoamerica (born 1805).