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- Explorations
- Excavations
- Finds
- Births
- See also
- References
{{Year nav topic4|1898|archaeology|science}}The year 1898 in archaeology involved some significant excavations. Explorations- Exploration of the site of Assur by German archaeologists begins.
Excavations- J. E. Quibell excavates the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
- Excavations at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (1898–9).
Finds- March - Victor Loret discovers Amenhotep II's mummy in his KV35 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings within the original sarcophagus, together with a mummy cache containing several New Kingdom Pharaohs including Thutmose IV, Seti II and Ramesses III, IV and VI.[1]
- Summer - The Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age timber and earthwork in Lancashire, England, is discovered by Thomas Kelsall.[2]
- The Withypool Stone Circle (late Neolithic/early Bronze Age)) on Exmoor, England, is discovered accidentally by Archibald Hamilton.
- The Narmer Palette is found by J. E. Quibell while excavating the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt.
- The site of Karakorum is identified as the former Mongol capital by Nikolai Yadrintsev, who discovers the Orkhon script during the same expedition.
- Willie Peppé, excavating a stupa at Piprahwa Kot, discovers ashes claimed to be of Gautama Buddha.
- Purported finding of the Kensington Runestone in Minnesota.
Births- 31 December - J. Eric S. Thompson, English archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (d. 1975).[3]
See also- List of years in archaeology
- 1897 in archaeology
- 1899 in archaeology
References1. ^{{cite book|title=Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II|first=Peter|last=Der Manuelian|location=Hildesheim|publisher=Gerstenberg|year=1987|isbn=3-8067-8105-2}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/view.asp?siteid=4398&pageid=20460&e=e|title=Scheduled Ancient Monument - Bleasdale Circle|work=your Lancashire|publisher=Lancashire County Council|accessdate=2011-11-10|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305190839/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/view.asp?siteid=4398&pageid=20460&e=e|archivedate=2012-03-05}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Eric-S-Thompson|title=Sir J. Eric S. Thompson|website=britannica.com|accessdate=28 May 2017}}
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