1925 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1925.

Excavations

 * Kaminaljuyu Mayan site, by Manuel Gamino.
 * Kültepe in Turkey, by Bedřich Hrozný.
 * Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1926).
 * October - Tin Hinan Tomb in the Sahara located and opened by Byron Khun de Prorok.
 * December - Complete excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Émile Baraize begins (continues to 1936).

Publications

 * John Beazley - Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils
 * V. Gordon Childe - The Dawn of European Civilization.
 * Aleš Hrdlička - The Old Americans.

Finds

 * July 13 - "Venus of Dolní Věstonice" at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia.
 * October 28 - Howard Carter reveals the golden death mask of Tutenkhamun.
 * Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is discovered by Leonard Woolley.
 * "Venus of Savignano" near Savignano sul Panaro in Italy.
 * "Galilee skull" in Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh.
 * The Aurignacian settlement site at Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt is discovered by local schoolteacher E. Thiersch.
 * Belgic pottery at Swarling, Kent.
 * Makapansgat pebble in South Africa.

Births

 * January 22 - John Davies Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)
 * April 24 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (d. 2006)
 * November 14 - James Mellaart, British archaeologist. (d. 2012)

Deaths

 * February 4 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (b. 1855).