1887_in_archaeology Knowpia

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1887.

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A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna uncovers a cache of over 300 cuneiform tablets containing diplomatic correspondence of the Pharaohs, now commonly known as the Amarna Letters.
German submersible Brandtaucher, which sank on trial in the port of Kiel in 1851, is discovered, and on July 5 is raised.

William Ivison Macadam - "Notes on the Ancient Iron Industry of Scotland", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Augustus Pitt Rivers - Excavations in Cranborne Chase, vol. 1^[1]

^ Petch, Alison. "Cranborne Chase excavations". web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Carl Blegen". Britannica.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Portrait of Neil Merton Judd". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 5 June 2017.