1710s in archaeology

The decade of the 1710s in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Excavations

• Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

• 1710: A few remains of the Temple of Apollo are discovered in Mdina, Malta. Most of the marble blocks were later sculpted into decorative elements for new buildings.[1]

Publications

• 1717: Michele Mercati's Metallotheca is published, 124 years after his death.[2]
• 1719: Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey by Richard Rawlinson.

Births

• 1712: 17 May - Jean-Baptiste Greppo, French canon and archaeologist (d. 1767)
• 1713: James 'Athenian' Stuart, Scottish archaeologist (d. 1788)[3]
• 1716: January 20 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist (d. 1795)[4]
• 1717: December 9 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German art critic and archaeologist (d. 1768)[5]

Deaths

• 1715: February 17 - Antoine Galland (b. 1646)[6]

References

1. Caruana, Antonio Annetto (1882). Report on the Phoenician and Roman antiquities in the group of the islands of Malta. Malta: Government Printing Office. p. 89.
2. "Mercati, Michele 1541-1593". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
3. "James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
4. "Jean-Jacques Barthelemy - French archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
5. "Johann Winckelmann - German art historian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
6. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 17 May 2017.