Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1867.
Explorations Ruins of Great Zimbabwe rediscovered by Adam Renders.
Excavations Oluf Rygh excavates the Tune ship in Norway. Excavations at Bibracte begun by Gabriel Bulliot (continue to 1907). September - Augustus Henry Lane-Fox undertakes his first excavation, at Cissbury Ring hill fort in West Sussex.
Finds George Smith discovers an inscription recording a solar eclipse in the month of Sivan on British Museum Tablet K51, which he is able to link to 15 June 763 BC, the cornerstone of ancient Near Eastern chronology. The (full) Speyer wine bottle is found in the excavation of a mid-4th century Roman tomb near Speyer in Germany. The Stele of Vespasian is found in Armazi, Georgia.
Events National Archaeological Museum of Spain is established in Madrid by Royal Decree of Isabella II.
Births 13 May - Thomas Gann, Anglo Irish explorer and archaeologist of the Maya civilization (d. 1938) 27 August - Alfred Lucas, English analytical chemist and archaeologist, part of Howard Carter's team at the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (d. 1945)
Deaths August 3 - August Böckh, German classical scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)
See also List of years in archaeology 1866 in archaeology 1868 in archaeology
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