1740s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1740s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Finds
4 Publications
5 Other events
6 Births
7 Deaths
8 References

Explorations

Excavations

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
1748: Mr. Jeong Ji-hae, a Yangban and father of the Governor of Jinju, excavates 6 Goryeo Dynasty (AD 918-1392) tombs of individuals whom Jeong thought may have been his ancestors, and thus becomes the first archaeologist in Korea.

Finds

Elaborate oil lamp from Herculaneum, as depicted in Le Antichità di Ercolano (1744).

Publications

1740: William Stukeley's description of Stonehenge.
1744: First volume of Le Antichità di Ercolano, account of discoveries at Herculaneum.
1746: A professor of Leiden University publishes the Papenbroek Collection, an important Dutch collection of art and antiquities.

Other events

1743: The Papenbroek Collection is bequeathed to Leiden University. The bequest comprised about 150 antiquities. It was put on public display, but poorly taken care of until it would get an official curator, half a century later.^[1]

Births

1743: November 23 - Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne (died 1800)

Deaths

1747: date unknown - Nicholas Mahudel (b. 1704).

References

^ Halbertsma, R. B. (2003). Scholars, Travellers, and Trade: The Pioneer Years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840, Routledge, p. 20

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