The year 1818 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Events June 13 - Caspar Reuvens is appointed as the world's first professor of archaeology, at Leiden University in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Explorations Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Finds February 17 - The burial vault of Dunfermline Abbey in Scotland, containing the remains of Robert the Bruce, is uncovered and secured for scholarly examination. Ancient temple at Sanchi. 1818 or 1819 - Prajnaparamita of Java.
Publications Juan Ramis publishes Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca") in Mahón, the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to prehistory. See also Ancient Egypt / Egyptology
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