Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1852. Excavations January - Excavations of the royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin are resumed by Victor Place. Excavations at Nineveh are continued by H. C. Rawlinson. Excavations at Babylon by Julius Oppert begin. Excavations in the Nile Valley by Hekekyan Bey begin.
Finds Antique-collecting grave robbers dig up the bones of Lilias Adie who died in 1704 in custody under investigation for witchcraft at Torryburn, Scotland. In May, excavations by Charles Ernest Beulé on the Acropolis of Athens discover the remains of the Beulé Gate.
Publications William Michael Wylie - Fairford Graves: a record of researches in an Anglo-Saxon burial place in Gloucestershire.
Births March 30 - James Theodore Bent, English explorer, archaeologist and author (died 1897).
Deaths March 5 - Bernardino Drovetti, Piedmontese antiquarian and Egyptologist (born 1776). October 13 - John Lloyd Stephens, American explorer of Maya civilization sites in Mesoamerica (born 1805).
See also List of years in archaeology 1851 in archaeology 1853 in archaeology
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