1710s in archaeology

1700s ^. 1710s in archaeology ^. 1720s

Excavations

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]

1717: Michele Mercati's Metallotheca is published, 124 years after his death.^[3]
1719: Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey by Richard Rawlinson.

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]

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^ Caruana, Antonio Annetto (1882). Report on the Phoenician and Roman antiquities in the group of the islands of Malta. Malta: Government Printing Office. p. 89.
^ Ghosh, Pallab (2022-11-24). "Gold coin proves 'fake' Roman emperor was real". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
^ "Mercati, Michele 1541-1593". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
^ "James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
^ "Jean-Jacques Barthelemy - French archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Johann Winckelmann - German art historian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 17 May 2017.