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1872 in archaeology 
Summary
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1872.
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Events edit
- ca. June - The ship Napried, carrying approximately 5,000 of the antiquities collected by Luigi Palma di Cesnola on Cyprus bound for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is lost in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
- December 3 - George Smith presents the first translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London.[2]
Excavations edit
- Excavations on Delos by the French School at Athens begin.
Finds edit
- Loughton Camp in Epping Forest 'discovered' by Benjamin Harris Cowper.
- Spring - First portion of Lenape Stone said to have been discovered in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by Barnard Hansell.
Publications edit
- William Copeland Borlase - Nænia Cornubiæ: a descriptive essay, illustrative of the sepulchres and funereal customs of the early inhabitants of the county of Cornwall.[3]
- John Evans - The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain.[4]
Births edit
- January 15 - Harold St George Gray, English archaeologist (d. 1963)[5]
Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ "Napried Exploration". napried.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "The tragic tale of George Smith and Gilgamesh". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Borlase, William Copeland 1848-1899". worldcat.org. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain". Cambridge.org. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Harold St George Gray". ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2017.