1660s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1660s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
Finds
- 1661: Athanasius Kircher discovers the ruins of a church in Rome said to have been constructed by the Emperor Constantine on the site of Saint Eustace's vision (later reconstructed as the Santuario della Mentorella).
Other events
- 1667: Henry Howard donates the first of the Arundel marbles to the University of Oxford (displayed in Ashmolean Museum).
Births
Deaths
- 1661: Famiano Nardini, Italian archaeologist (b. c.1600)
| Preceded by 1650s in archaeology |
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Succeeded by 1670s in archaeology |
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