1640s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Finds
4 Publications
5 Other events
6 Births
7 Deaths

Explorations

1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England.

Excavations

Finds

Publications

1643: Athanasius Kircher, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta.
1646: John Greaves, Pyramidographia, or a Description of the Pyramids in Ægypt.

Other events

Births

1646: April 4 - Antoine Galland (died 1715).
1647: Jacques Spon (d. 1685) , French doctor and archaeologist.

Deaths

Preceded by 1630s in archaeology	Archaeology timeline 1640s	Succeeded by 1650s in archaeology