The year 1819 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

* The remains of the villa of Pliny, named

Villa di Pino A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became ...

, are excavated during 1802–1819 (following the excavations of 1713). * In Italy, detailed excavations continue at

Pompeii Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...

. * The

Bignor Bignor is a village and civil parish in the Chichester (district), Chichester district of the England, English county of West Sussex, about north of Arundel. It is in the civil parish of Pulborough. The nearest railway station is south east of ...

Roman Villa is excavated between 1811 and 1819.

Finds

* April - In India, the

Ajanta Caves The Ajanta Caves are approximately thirty rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. The caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures des ...

are rediscovered by a British hunting party. * Roman villa found at Stancombe Park near North Nibley, England.

Publications

Other events

* In Italy, sexual, nude artifacts from

are hidden from public view in Naples'

Secret Museum The Secret Museum or Secret Cabinet ( it, Gabinetto Segreto) in Naples refers to the collection of 1st-century Roman erotic art found in Pompeii and Herculaneum, now held in separate galleries at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, th ...

. * In Italy, John Gardner Wilkinson meets the

antiquarian An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...

Sir William Gell and resolves to study Egyptology. * King Francis I of Naples visits the

exhibition at the National Museum with his wife and daughter. * June 16 – The 7.7–8.2 Rann of Kutch earthquake shakes western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), leaving more than 1,500 dead.

Births

* March 28 – Roger Fenton, photographer (d.

1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – E ...

)

Deaths

* June 29 –

Samuel Lysons Samuel Lysons (1763 – June 1819) was an English antiquarian and engraver who, together with his elder brother Daniel Lysons (1762–1834), published several works on antiquarian topics. He was one of the first archaeologists to investigate ...

, English

(b.

1763 Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...

)

References

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