1828 in archaeology

Events

• The 'Metternich Stela' is presented by Muhammad Ali of Egypt to Prince Metternich.^[1]

Finds

• The Crondall Hoard, a hoard of one hundred and one old French and Anglo-Saxon coins, is found in the village of Crondall in the English county of Hampshire.

Publications

• Prussian Academy of Sciences begins publication of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecum under the editorship of August Böckh.

Births

• May 2 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and explorer (d. 1915)^[2]
• August 18 - Jakob Messikommer, Swiss archaeologist (d. 1917)
• Frank Calvert, British archaeologist (d. 1908)

Deaths

• March 31 - Charles "Hindoo" Stuart, Anglo-Irish British East India Company officer and collector of Hindu antiquities (b. c.1758)