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1812 in archaeology 
Summary
The year 1812 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations edit
- Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt discovers Petra.
Excavations edit
Publications edit
- Sir Richard Colt Hoare - The Ancient History of South Wiltshire.
Finds edit
Awards edit
Miscellaneous edit
- American Antiquarian Society is founded in Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas.
Births edit
Deaths edit
- July 14 - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German classicist (b. 1729)
- December 22 - Pierre Henri Larcher, French classicist (b. 1726)
See also edit
- Roman Forum - excavations.