1808 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1808 in archaeology
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The year 1808 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.
Events
- January 12 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, in the south east of England, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
Excavations
Finds
Publications
- Nummi aegyptii imperatorii, by Jörgen Zoega.
Births
Deaths
- December 4 – Karl Ludwig Fernow, German art critic and archaeologist (b. 1763)[1]
References
- ^ Goedeke, Karl; Goetze, Edmund (2011). Siebentes Buch: Zeit des Weltkrieges (1790–1815): Phantastische Dichtung. Abteilung I (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 310. ISBN 9783050052502.
