1831 in archaeology
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The year 1831 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.
Explorations
[edit]- Juan Galindo explores the Maya ruins of Palenque.
- Charles Nebel makes first survey of El Tajín.
Finds
[edit]- Spring: The Lewis chessmen are found in a sand-bank on the Isle of Lewis
- 24 October: The Alexander Mosaic is found in the House of the Faun, Pompeii
Births
[edit]- 7 June: Amelia Edwards, English Egyptologist and fiction writer (died 1892)[1]
Deaths
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (May 2017) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Grave of Amelia Edwards, Non Civil Parish - 1439170 - Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.