Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1924. Excavations
February 12 - Howard Carter opens the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun. Two days later, he closes the tomb in protest against the actions of the Egyptian authorities. March 1 - Discovery and subsequent start of excavations at Glozel. Work at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia begins under direction of Karel Absolon. 20-year project at Chichen Itza by the Carnegie Institution and Harvard University begins under direction of Sylvanus G. Morley. Excavations at Qatna by Robert du Mesnil du Buisson begin. Excavation of Indus Valley Civilisation site at Mohenjo-daro by Kashinath Narayan Dikshit (following survey by M. S. Vats) begins.Marshall, John (1924-09-24). The Illustrated London News.
Publications Francis Haverfield - The Roman Occupation of Britain, being six Ford Lectures (published posthumously). Alfred V. Kidder - An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology.
Finds The Beeston Tor Hoard, an Anglo-Saxon jewellery and coin hoard, discovered at Beeston Tor in Staffordshire, England. Bab edh-Dhra discovered. Miscellaneous Alexander Keiller purchases Windmill Hill, Avebury. Francis Llewellyn Griffith appointed first professor of Egyptology in the University of Oxford. The Nefertiti Bust (excavated in 1912) is first displayed to the public, as part of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin. Storms sweep away a portion of the Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae on Mainland, Orkney (Scotland).
Births Elisabeth Munksgaard, Danish prehistorian (died 1997)
Deaths June 14 - Jacques de Morgan, French archaeologist (born 1857)
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