1815 in archaeology

The year 1815 in archaeology involved some significant events.

[edit] Explorations

• In Belgium, the caves of the Grottes de Han are discovered (and later become an attraction in 1895).
• In Tasmania, the Macquarie Harbour is discovered along the west coast of Tasmania.
• Tikehau Island is discovered by the Russian navigator Kotzbue, and he names it Krusenstern Island.

[edit] Excavations

[edit] Finds

• The Philae obelisk is discovered, bearing inscriptions in hieroglyphic and Greek including the royal names of Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra.
• A fragmentary palimpsest of the Ambrosian Library at Milan (from the 4th century A.D.) is discovered by Cardinal Mai, including documents about Roman orator/rhetorician and grammarian Marcus Cornelius Fronto.
• The Candi Sukuh temple is first discovered, in very poor condition, by Johnson, the resident of Surakarta during the period of government under Sir Stamford Raffles.

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[edit] Other events

• Cholesterol is discovered by French chemist Michel E. Chevreul, who analyzed it in human gall stones, but its causal relationship with atherosclerosis was unknown.

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