1812 in archaeology

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The year 1812 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt discovers Petra.

Excavations

Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810–1814.

Publications

Sir Richard Colt Hoare - The Ancient History of South Wiltshire.

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

American Antiquarian Society is founded in Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas.

Births

Deaths

July 14 - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German classicist (b. 1729)
December 22 - Pierre Henri Larcher, French classicist (b. 1726)