1864 in archaeology. See also:1863 in archaeology, other events of 1864, 1865 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology. 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archology (from the Greek words αÏχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... 1863 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Publications Finds Winged Victory of Samothrace found at Samothrace by Charles Champoiseau Awards Miscellaneous Anthropological Society of London formed Births Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1862 in archaeology 1864 in archaeology Categories: | ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The year 1865 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below. ... The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year. ...
1864 was a leap year starting on Friday This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB).
April 22 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
During some experiments of fishing by electric light in 1864 in the Northern Seas, we saw plates less than a third of an inch thick resist a pressure of sixteen atmospheres.
Biblical archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Bible.
By contrast Near Eastern archaeology is simply the archaeology of the Ancient Near East without any particular consideration of how its discoveries relate to the Bible.
Biblical Archaeology began after publication by Edward Robinson (American professor of Biblical literature; 1794-1863) of his travels through Israel during the first half of the 19th century (a time when the oldest complete Hebrew scripture only dated to the Middle Ages), which highlighted similarities between modern Arabic place-names and Biblical city names.
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