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The year 1815 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

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Excavations

Finds

• The Philae obelisk is discovered, bearing inscriptions in hieroglyphic and Greek including the royal names of Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra.
• A fragmentary palimpsest of the Ambrosian Library at Milan (from the 4th century) is discovered by Cardinal Angelo Mai, containing correspondence between Roman orator/rhetorician and grammarian Marcus Cornelius Fronto and his imperial pupil.
• The Candi Sukuh temple is first discovered, in very poor condition, by Johnson, the resident of Surakarta during the period of government under Sir Stamford Raffles.
• Roman bath-house at Vinovia is discovered.

Publications

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Other events

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Births

• Edward Simpson, English archaeological forger (died ca. 1880)

Deaths

References

1. Halliday, Robert (2004). "Simpson, Edward (c.1815–c.1880), archaeological forger and craftsman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40400. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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