1907 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1907.

Explorations

 * Theodor Makridi Bey makes brief explorations at Alaca Höyük.

Excavations

 * January 6 – Tomb KV55 (almost certainly that of Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty) in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is discovered by Edward R. Ayrton.
 * March – Ludwig Borchardt begins excavating the Pyramid of Sahure in Egypt.
 * William M. Ramsay and Gertrude Bell work in Turkey.
 * John Garstang begins work at Sakçagözü (continues to 1912).
 * Ernst Sellin begins work at Tell es-Sultan, Jericho.
 * Arthur Acton begins work at the Roman legionary works depot at Holt, Wales.
 * British School at Athens begins excavations in Ritsona.

Finds

 * March – Aurel Stein discovers the Diamond Sūtra, a woodblock printed Buddhist scripture dated 868, at the Mogao Caves, near Dunhuang; it is "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book".
 * October 21 – Jaw of Homo heidelbergensis (Mauer 1) found.
 * Medieval frescos uncovered in Fulltofta Church, Sweden.
 * Lady of Auxerre located in a storeroom of the Louvre.

Publications

 * First publication of Lokrume helmet fragment, the earliest record of a Viking Age helmet.
 * E. A. Wallis Budge – The Egyptian Sudan: its History and Monuments.
 * Aleš Hrdlička – Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America.

Miscellaneous

 * March 11 – Chaco Canyon National Monument is established.
 * Lukis Museum opens on Guernsey.
 * Howard Carter begins to work for Lord Carnarvon to supervise his excavations in Egypt.

Births

 * July 28 – Grahame Clark, English archaeologist (died 1995).
 * July 29 – Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (died 2005).
 * August 30 – Bertha "Birdie" Parker, Native American archaeologist (died 1978).