The decade of the 1710s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
Finds
- 1710: A few remains of the Temple of Apollo are discovered in Mdina, Malta. Most of the marble blocks were later sculpted into decorative elements for new buildings.[1]
- 1713: Gold aureus coins found in Transylvania provide the only known evidence for Roman usurper Sponsianus.[2]
Publications
- 1717: Michele Mercati's Metallotheca is published, 124 years after his death.[3]
- 1719: Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey by Richard Rawlinson.
Births
- 1712: 17 May - Jean-Baptiste Greppo, French canon and archaeologist (d. 1767)
- 1713: James 'Athenian' Stuart, Scottish archaeologist and architect (d. 1788)[4]
- 1716: January 20 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist (d. 1795)[5]
- 1717: December 9 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German art critic and archaeologist (d. 1768)[6]
Deaths
- 1715: February 17 - Antoine Galland, French orientalist (b. 1646)[7]
References
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