1947 in archaeology
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| 1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800 |
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Contents |
[edit] Explorations
[edit] Excavations
- Stuart Piggott begins excavations at Cairnpapple Hill in Scotland.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Finds
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hamadi Codices are both discovered. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found east of Jerusalem, in caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Births
- 28 May: Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist
[edit] Deaths
- 7 June: Julio C. Tello, Peruvian archaeologist
- 25 August: Franz Cumont
