title: 1826 in archaeology
text: # 1826 in archaeology
  
  1826 in archaeology.
  
  ## Excavations
  
  * Preliminary excavations at Harappa in British India by Daya Ram Sahni.
  
  ## Finds
  
  * Possible date - Discovery of Hunterston Brooch in Scotland.
  
  ## Births
  
  * March 20 - Augustus Wollaston Franks, English antiquarian (died 1897)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 10 - John Pinkerton, Scottish-born antiquarian (born 1758)
  