Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë
William Reeves locates Nendrum Monastery.
Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum.
Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization
March - The Archaeological Journal first published. The first volume includes Frederick Lukis's "Observations on the primaeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp. 144–52).
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