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1826 in archaeology.

Excavations

• Preliminary excavations at Harappa in British India by Daya Ram Sahni.

Finds

• Possible date - Discovery of Hunterston Brooch in Scotland.[1]

Births

• March 20 - Augustus Wollaston Franks, English antiquarian (died 1897)

Deaths

• March 10 - John Pinkerton, Scottish-born antiquarian (born 1758)[2]

References

1. Lamb, John (1896). Annals of an Ayrshire Parish: West Kilbride. Glasgow: John J. Rae. p. 92.
2. O’Flaherty, Patrick. Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826. University of Toronto Press. p. 186. ISBN 9781442649286.