1843 in archaeology
# 1843 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.

## Excavations

* Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
* Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.

## Finds

* Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
* Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.

## Publications

* Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
* The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
* Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken

## Events

* c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
* September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
* British Archaeological Association founded.
* Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.

## Births

* June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
* September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)

## Deaths

* January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
* June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)
