1828 in archaeology
# 1828 in archaeology

1828 in archaeology

## Events

* The 'Metternich Stela' is presented by Muhammad Ali of Egypt to Prince Metternich.

## Finds

* The Crondall Hoard, a hoard of one hundred and one old French and Anglo-Saxon coins, is found in the village of Crondall in the English county of Hampshire.

## Publications

* Prussian Academy of Sciences begins publication of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecum under the editorship of August Böckh.

## Births

* May 2 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and explorer (d. 1915)
* August 18 - Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (d. 1917)
* Frank Calvert, British archaeologist (d. 1908)

## Deaths

* March 31 - Charles "Hindoo" Stuart, Anglo-Irish British East India Company officer and collector of Hindu antiquities (b. c.1758)
