1905 in archaeology

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The year 1905 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Theodore M. Davis officially granted exclusive concession to excavate in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.^[1]

Major project of excavation and restoration at Teotihuacan begun under archeologist Leopoldo Batres.
First excavations at Deir al-Madinah by Ernesto Schiaparelli.
First scientific survey at Great Zimbabwe begun by David Randall-MacIver.
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, first excavates in Egypt.

G. Baldwin Brown publishes The Care of Ancient Monuments: an account of the legislative and other measures adopted in European countries...
Francis J. Haverfield publishes "The Romanization of Roman Britain" in Proceedings of the British Academy.
J.R. Mortimer and Robert Mortimer publish their Forty Years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire.
Thomas Gann publishes first descriptions of Maya site of Lubaantun.

Naranjo discovered by Teoberto Maler.
Caral, the oldest Andean city, discovered.
Winter 1904–5 - Lion Capital of Asoka, dated to about 250 BCE, discovered at Sarnath by F.O. Oertel.
Approximate date - Principia of the Roman fort at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England, discovered by men working for Miss Greenall.

↑ Reeves, C.N. (1990). Valley of the Kings: the decline of a royal necropolis. London: Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7103-0368-8.

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