1640s in archaeology
The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- 1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England.
Publications
- 1643: Athanasius Kircher, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta.
- 1646: John Greaves, Pyramidographia, or a Description of the Pyramids in Ægypt.
Births
- 1646: April 4 - Antoine Galland.
- 1647: Jacques Spon, French doctor and archaeologist.