1904 in archaeology

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The year 1904 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Leo Frobenius makes an expedition to the Kasai region of the Belgian Congo.

Excavations

Edward Herbert Thompson dredges artifacts from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza.
Oseberg ship.

Finds

Tomb of Nefertari discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli.
Winter 1904–5 - Inscription in a form of Proto-Sinaitic script, dated to the mid-19th century BCE, discovered in Sinai by Hilda and Flinders Petrie.

Publications

Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin publication of Die Provincia Arabia, containing a detailed description of Petra.

Births

January 19 - Pei Wenzhong, founding father of Chinese anthropology (died 1982).
May 6 - Max Mallowan, English archaeologist (died 1978).

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