Below are notable events in
archaeology that occurred in
1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
.
Explorations
* August 31 -
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
-born scene painter
David Roberts David or Dave Roberts may refer to:
Arts and literature
* David Roberts (painter) (1796–1864), Scottish painter
* David Roberts (art collector), Scottish contemporary art collector
* David Roberts (novelist), English editor and mystery writer ...
sets sail for
Egypt (with the encouragement of
J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulen ...
) 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
John Shae Perring (1813–1869) was a British engineer, anthropologist and Egyptologist, most notable for his work excavating and documenting Egyptian pyramids.
In 1837 Perring and British archaeologist Richard William Howard Vyse began exca ...
, a British engineer working under Colonel
Howard Vyse
Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Richard William Howard Howard Vyse (25 July 1784 – 8 June 1853) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British soldier and Egyptologist. He was also Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliam ...
, clears the entrances to the pyramids of
Sahure,
Neferirkare and
Nyuserre
Nyuserre Ini (also Niuserre Ini or Neuserre Ini; in Greek language, Greek known as Rathurês, ''Ῥαθούρης'') was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt, Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He ...
in Egypt.
* French orientalist painters
Antoine-Alphonse Montfort and visit and paint the
Roman temple of Bziza
The Roman temple of Bziza is a well-preserved first century AD building dedicated to Azizos, a personification of the Phosphorus (morning star), morning star in the Ancient Canaanite religion, Canaanite mythology. This Roman temple lends the mo ...
.
Finds
* The 5th century BC bronze
Chatsworth Head
The Chatsworth Head is a slightly over-life-size bronze head dating to around 460 BCE which is now in the British Museum.
Description
The head was originally part of a complete statue, probably (judging by the shoulder-length curly hair) one of ...
(found on
Cyprus in 1836) is acquired by the
6th Duke of Devonshire at
Smyrna from
H. P. Borrell.
*
Etruscan statuettes found in
Lake of the Idols
Lake of the Idols ( it, Lago degli Idoli) is a lake located in Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy. It is located above sea level atop Monte Falterona, about 600 metres from the source of the river Arno.: "The Lake of Idols is about 1380 metres abo ...
.
* Victoria Cave near
Settle, North Yorkshire in England, containing
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...
remains, is discovered.
* Winter 1837/38 - The
Neolithic settlement of
Rinyo on
Rousay in
Orkney
Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...
(
Scotland) is discovered.
* c. January - Remains of a
Roman villa are found near
Bath, Somerset
Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, ...
, England during construction of the
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
and recorded with artefacts being preserved.
Publications
*
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
Deaths
* March 12 -
Richard Polwhele,
Cornish 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 ...
(b.
1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...
).
* May 19 -
Sir Richard Colt Hoare,
English archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
(b.
1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
).
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