1853 in archaeology
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1853 in archaeology
Explorations
- Sir Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins in Harrappa
Finds
- Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh
Births
- 3 June William Matthew Flinders Petrie (died. 1942), Egyptologist
- 26 December Wilhelm Dörpfeld (died. 1940), archaeologist of Troy
See also
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