1880 in archaeology
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The year 1880 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie travels to Egypt and conducts a survey of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
[edit] Excavations
[edit] Publications
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and Juan Vilanova y Piera publish their initial findings on the Altamira cave art.
[edit] Finds
[edit] Awards
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Births
- April 11 - Julio C. Tello, Peruvian archaeologist
- April 17 - Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist
