The decade of the 1620s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
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Excavations
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Finds
* 1621:
Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus in Rome.
Events
* 1625: Last cannon salvaged from
English ship ''Revenge'' (sank following
Battle of Flores (1591))
Births
* 1620: 15 February -
François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d.
1702
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Events
January–March
* January 2 – A total solar eclipse is visible from the southe ...
)
* 1626: 12 March -
John Aubrey, English antiquary (d.
1697
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy.
* January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book ''Histoires ou ...
)
Deaths
* 1629:
Antonio Bosio
Antonio Bosio (c. 1575 or 1576 – 1629) was a Maltese scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of ''Roma Sotterranea'' and first urban spelunker.
Life
Bosio was born in Malta, ...
, Italian scholar (b. 1575/1576)
References
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Archaeology by decade
Archaeology