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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1847.
Explorations[edit]
- Austen Henry Layard begins his examination of Nineveh which continue until 1851.[1]
Excavations[edit]
Publications[edit]
- Antiquités Celtiques et antédiluviennes, vol. 1, by Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes.
- The History of the Conquest of Peru by William H. Prescott.
Births[edit]
- June 9 – John Romilly Allen, British archaeologist (d. 1907)