title: 1843 in archaeology
text: # 1843 in archaeology
  
  Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.
  
  ## Excavations
  
  * Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
  * Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.
  
  ## Finds
  
  * Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
  * Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
  * The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
  * Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken
  
  ## Events
  
  * c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
  * September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
  * British Archaeological Association founded.
  * Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.
  
  ## Births
  
  * June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
  * September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
  * June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)
  