title: 1869 in archaeology
text: # 1869 in archaeology
  
  Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1869.
  
  ## Excavations
  
  * Temple of Artemis at Ephesus discovered by British archaeologist John Turtle Wood near Kuşadası, Turkey.
  * Near Miamisburg, Ohio, the site of Miamisburg Mound is partially excavated, when a vertical shaft is sunk from the top to the base, with two horizontal tunnels extending from it.
  
  ## Finds
  
  * Waldalgesheim chariot burial.
  
  ## Births
  
  * March 30 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-born anthropologist (d. 1943)
  * April 23 - Percy Newberry, English archaeologist (d. 1949)
  * April 30 - John Kirk, English physician, Roman archaeologist and physical anthropologist (d. 1940)
  * July 3 - John Myres, English archaeologist of Cyprus (d. 1954)
  * September 24 - Maud Cunnington, British archaeologist (d. 1951)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * August 8 - Roger Fenton, photographer (b. 1819)
  