1947 in archaeology

1947 in archaeology

Explorations

Excavations

* Stuart Piggott begins excavations at Cairnpapple Hill in Scotland.

Publications

Finds

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hamadi Codices are both discovered. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found east of Jerusalem, in caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

* 28 May: Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist

Deaths

* 7 June: Julio C. Tello, Peruvian archaeologist
* 25 August: Franz Cumont


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