1860 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.

Explorations

 * Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.

Excavations

 * Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
 * Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
 * Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.

Finds

 * Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac.
 * Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.
 * Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.

Births

 * July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946).
 * November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919).