1855 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1855. Explorations

Excavations
 May - Heath Wood barrow cemetery in England, by Thomas Bateman. Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England, by F Carroll. Finds

Events
 December 14 - inaugural meeting of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Publications
 John Yonge Akerman - Remains of Pagan Saxondom. Churchill Babington (ed.) - Benefizio della Morte di Cristo, a remarkable book of the Reformation period. Births
 September 10 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (d. 1925). Deaths
 April 15 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (b. 1786). References

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