1829 in archaeology Explorations 'Charles Masson' (James Lewis) explores the Indus Valley Civilisation and locates the site of Harappa. Excavations First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouet Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England, prior to construction of the Yorkshire Museum on part of the site. Finds Engis 2, part of the skull of a young child and other bones, recognised in 1936 as the first known Neanderthal fossil, is found in the Awirs cave near Engis in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) by Philippe-Charles Schmerling. S. 1–66. Deaths 10 May - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (b. 1773) See also List of years in archaeology 1828 in archaeology 1830 in archaeology References