1818 in archaeology

Events

• June 13 - Caspar Reuvens is appointed as the world's first professor of archaeology, at Leiden University in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Explorations

• Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Finds

• February 17 - The burial vault of Dunfermline Abbey in Scotland, containing the remains of Robert the Bruce, is uncovered and secured for scholarly examination.
• Ancient temple at Sanchi.
• 1818 or 1819 - Prajnaparamita of Java.

Publications

• Juan Ramis publishes Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca in Mahón, the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to prehistory.