1907 in archaeology

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The year 1907 in archaeology:

Explorations

• Theodor Makridi Bey makes brief explorations at Alaca Höyük.

Excavations

• January 6 – Tomb KV55 (almost certainly that of Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty) in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is discovered by Edward R. Ayrton.
• William M. Ramsay and Gertrude Bell work in Turkey.
• John Garstang begins work at Sakçagözü (continues to 1912).
• Ernst Sellin begins work at Tell es-Sultan, Jericho.
• Arthur Acton begins work at the Roman legionary works depot at Holt, Wales.
• British School at Athens begins excavations in Ritsona.[1]

Finds

• March – Aurel Stein discovers the Diamond Sūtra, a woodblock printed Buddhist scripture dated 868, at the Mogao Caves, near Dunhuang; it is "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book".[2]
• October 21 – Jaw of Homo heidelbergensis (Mauer 1) found.[3]
• Medieval frescos uncovered in Fulltofta Church, Sweden.
• Lady of Auxerre located in a storeroom of the Louvre.[4]

Publications

• First publication of Lokrume helmet fragment, the earliest record of a Viking Age helmet.[5]
• E. A. Wallis Budge – The Egyptian Sudan: its History and Monuments.
• Aleš Hrdlička – Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America.

Miscellaneous

• March 11 – Chaco Canyon National Monument is established.[6]
• Lukis Museum opens on Guernsey.[7]
• Howard Carter begins to work for Lord Carnarvon to supervise his excavations in Egypt.[8]

Births

• July 28 - Grahame Clark, English archaeologist (died 1995).
• July 29 - Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (died 2005).[9]
• August 30 – Bertha "Birdie" Parker, Native American archaeologist (died 1978).

References

1. "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
2. "Sacred Texts: Diamond Sutra". British Library. November 3, 2003. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
3. Schoetensack, Otto (1908). Der Unterkiefer des Homo heidelbergensis aus den Sanden von Mauer bei Heidelberg. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
4. "Statue of a woman, known as the "Lady of Auxerre"". Louvre Museum. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
5. "Ur främmande samlingar: 2" (PDF). Fornvännen (in Swedish). 2: 205–208. 1907.
6. The National Parks Index 2009–2011. Government Printing Office. 2009. p. 64. ISBN 9780912627816.
7. "Guernsey Museum History". www.museums.gov.gg. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
8. Winstone, H. V. F. (2006). Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (rev. ed.). Manchester: Barzan. ISBN 1-905521-04-9.
9. "Obituary: Aileen Fox". The Guardian. Retrieved March 15, 2017.