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Overview of the events of 1838 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1838
.
Explorations
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August 31 -
Scottish
-born scene painter
David Roberts
sets sail for
Egypt
(with the encouragement of
J. M. W. Turner
) to produce a series of drawings of the region for use as the basis for paintings and
chromolithographs
, later published in
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia
John Shae Perring
, a British engineer working under Colonel
Howard Vyse
,
[1]
clears the entrances to the pyramids of
Sahure
,
Neferirkare
and
Nyuserre
in Egypt.
[2]
French orientalist painters
Antoine-Alphonse Montfort
and
François Lehoux
[
fr
]
visit and paint the
Roman temple of Bziza
.
Finds
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edit
]
The 5th century BC bronze
Chatsworth Head
(found on
Cyprus
in 1836) is acquired by the
6th Duke of Devonshire
at
Smyrna
from
H. P. Borrell
.
[3]
Etruscan
statuettes found in
Lake of the Idols
.
Victoria Cave near
Settle, North Yorkshire
in England, containing
Paleolithic
remains, is discovered.
[4]
Winter 1837/38 - The
Neolithic
settlement of
Rinyo
on
Rousay
in
Orkney
(
Scotland
) is discovered.
Publications
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]
Rifa'a el-Tahtawi
publishes
The History of Ancient Egyptians
.
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
publishes the first part of
De La Création, Essai sur L'Origine et la Progression des Êtres
.
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
publishes the first detailed account of the
Maya
ruins of
Uxmal
.
Births
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Deaths
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]
March 12 -
Richard Polwhele
,
Cornish
antiquarian
(b.
1760
).
May 19 -
Sir Richard Colt Hoare
,
English
archaeologist
(b.
1758
).
[5]
References
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]
^
Lehner, Mark (2008).
The Complete Pyramids
. New York; London: Thames & Hudson. p. 50.
ISBN
978-0-500-28547-3
.
^
Edwards, Iorwerth (1999). "Abusir". In Bard, Kathryn (ed.).
Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
. London; New York: Routledge. p. 97.
ISBN
978-0-203-98283-9
.
^
Wace, A. J. B. (1938). "The Chatsworth Head".
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
.
58
(
1
): 90–95.
doi
:
10.2307/626437
.
JSTOR
626437
.
S2CID
162702082
.
^
"Palaeolithic Yorkshire – Victoria Cave"
. Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
. Retrieved
2020-10-16
.
^
"Sir Richard Colt Hoare 1758–1838"
.
tate.org
. Retrieved
9 June
2017
.
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