Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1855. Excavations May - Heath Wood barrow cemetery in England, by Thomas Bateman. Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England, by F Carroll.
Finds January 19 - Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II in a necropolis near Sidon. Approximate date - Corraghy Heads and Corleck Head in Ireland.
Events December 14 - inaugural meeting of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society.
Publications John Yonge Akerman - Remains of Pagan Saxondom. Churchill Babington (ed.) - Benefizio della Morte di Cristo, a remarkable book of the Reformation period. Emmanuel de Rougé - Notice de quelques textes hiéroglyphiques récemment publiés par M. Greene [Note on Some Hieroglyphic Texts Recently Published by Mr. Greene].
Births September 10 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (d. 1925).
Deaths April 15 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (b. 1786).
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