1907 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1907.

Explorations

• Theodor Makridi Bey makes brief explorations at Alaca Höyük.

Excavations

• January 6 – Tomb KV55 (almost certainly that of Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty) in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is discovered by Edward R. Ayrton.
• March – Ludwig Borchardt begins excavating the Pyramid of Sahure in Egypt.
• William M. Ramsay and Gertrude Bell work in Turkey.
• John Garstang begins work at Sakçagözü (continues to 1912).
• Ernst Sellin begins work at Tell es-Sultan, Jericho.
• Arthur Acton begins work at the Roman legionary works depot at Holt, Wales.
• British School at Athens begins excavations in Ritsona.^[1]

Finds

• March – Aurel Stein discovers the Diamond Sūtra, a woodblock printed Buddhist scripture dated 868, at the Mogao Caves, near Dunhuang; it is "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book".^[2]
• October 21 – Jaw of Homo heidelbergensis (Mauer 1) found.^[3]
• Medieval frescos uncovered in Fulltofta Church, Sweden.
• Lady of Auxerre located in a storeroom of the Louvre.^[4]

Publications

• First publication of Lokrume helmet fragment, the earliest record of a Viking Age helmet.^[5]
• E. A. Wallis Budge – The Egyptian Sudan: its History and Monuments.
• Aleš Hrdlička – Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America.

Miscellaneous

• March 11 – Chaco Canyon National Monument is established.^[6]
• Lukis Museum opens on Guernsey.^[7]
• Howard Carter begins to work for Lord Carnarvon to supervise his excavations in Egypt.^[8]

Births

• July 28 – Grahame Clark, English archaeologist (died 1995).
• July 29 – Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (died 2005).^[9]
• August 30 – Bertha "Birdie" Parker, Native American archaeologist (died 1978).

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 1907

Further information: Category:1907 deaths