1860 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.
Explorations
- Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.
Excavations
- Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
- Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
- Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.
Finds
- Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools at Aurignac.
- Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.
- Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.