1660s in archaeology
The decade of the 1660s in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
Finds
- 1661: Athanasius Kircher discovers the ruins of a church in Rome said to have been constructed by the Emperor Constantine on the site of Saint Eustace's vision (later reconstructed as the Santuario della Mentorella).
Events
- 1667: Henry Howard donates the first of the Arundel marbles to the University of Oxford (displayed in Ashmolean Museum).[1]
Births
- 1690: Edward Lhuyd, Welsh antiquary (d. 1709)[2]
Deaths
- 1661: Famiano Nardini, Italian archaeologist (b. c.1600)
References
- "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- "Lhuyd, Edward". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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