1862 in archaeology

Excavations

• Re-excavation of Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in eastern England under direction of landowner Septimus Davidson; a ship burial is uncovered.

Finds

• The Painted Cave of Galdar discovered at Gáldar, Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria.
• The Apollo Omphalos in Athens, Greece.

Events

• Napoleon III establishes the National Archaeological Museum of France in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Births

• May 27: Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist
• June 24: Arthur Bulleid, English archaeologist of the Somerset Levels
• October 26: Thomas J. Preston, Jr., American archaeologist
• November 26: Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist