1640s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- 1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England.
Excavations
Finds
Publications
- 1643: Athanasius Kircher, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta.[1]
- 1646: John Greaves, Pyramidographia, or a Description of the Pyramids in Ægypt.
Events
Births
- 1646: April 4 - Antoine Galland (d. 1715).[2]
- 1647: Jacques Spon, French doctor and archaeologist (d. 1685).
Deaths
References
- ^ Athanasii Kircheri ... Lingua aegyptiaca restituta (in Latin). 1643. OCLC 9983374.
- ^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 17 May 2017.