title: 1814 in archaeology
text: # 1814 in archaeology
  
  The year 1814 in archaeology involved some significant events.
  
  ## Explorations
  
  * Stamford Raffles becomes the first European to explore Borobudur in Central Java.
  
  ## Excavations
  
  * Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
  
  ## Finds
  
  * Kritonios Crown is found in Armento, Italy.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 23 January: Alexander Cunningham, father of the Archaeological Survey of India (d. 1893)
  * 2 September: Ernst Curtius, conducted archaeological research in the late 19th century; primarily interested in Greek archaeology (d. 1896)
  