1940 in archaeology
# 1940 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1940.

## Excavations

* Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities (Seton Lloyd, Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar).
* Start of excavations at Ahichatra.
* Start of excavations in the Vatican Necropolis.
* Excavations at Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department.

## Publications

* Gisela M. A. Richter - Handbook of the Etruscan Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

## Finds

* September 12 - Lascaux caves. Painted c. 15,000 BC - 13,000 BC. Closed to the public in 1963.
* After ten-year expedition at Tanis, "Silver Pharaoh" tomb uncovered by Pierre Montet. It is the first ever intact tomb found.
* Ferriby Boat 2 discovered by Ted Wright.
* Balline Hoard in Ireland.

## Births

* October 14 - Ruth Tringham, Neolithic household and feminist archaeologist.

## Deaths

* February 26 - John Lamplugh Kirk, British archaeologist, collector and museum curator (b. 1869)
* April 25 - Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German archaeologist of Troy (b. 1853)
* June 27 - Harry Burton, English archaeological photographer, known for his photos of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (b. 1879).
