Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.
Explorations Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.
Excavations Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii. Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos. Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.
Finds Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac. Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia. Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.
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Births July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946). November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919). See also List of years in archaeology 1859 in archaeology 1861 in archaeology
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