1750s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1750s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

1755: At Bath, England, when the Priory or Abbey house is demolished and the foundations are cleared, stone coffins, bones of various animals, and other things are found.^[1] Upon digging further, hot mineral waters gushed forth and interrupted the work: the old Roman sewer had been found, and the water was drained off. Foundations of regular buildings were traced at that time.^[1]
1755: In the excavations of the Roman Baths at Bath, England, a site is discovered that leads to the excavations of a great bath, afterwards called Lucas's Bath, when the eastern wall of the great Hall is opened.^[1]
Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

1754: A hoard of about 207 Roman gold coins (and one silver coin) are discovered at Menzelen just outside Xanten on the lower Rhine.
1755: Several sepulchral inscriptions and figures, in bas-relief, are discovered at Bonn in Lower Germany.

1754: date unknown - William Cunnington, pioneering English antiquarian and archaeologist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century (died 1810).
1755: May 16 - Honoré Flaugergues (died c.1833).
1758: December 9 - Richard Colt Hoare, English antiquarian and archaeologist of the early nineteenth century (died 1838).

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath" (E-text), Charles E. Davis, 2004-10-02, Project Gutenberg, eBook #13582, webpage: G5828.