1888 CE in archaeology 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...

Explorations

Excavations

• Excavations of Nippur sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania begin (continues through 1900)

The city of Nippur [nipoor] (Sumerian Nibru, Akkadian Nibbur) was one of the most ancient of all the Babylonian cities of which we have any knowledge, the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god, Enlil, ruler of the cosmos subject to An alone. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself; UPenn is also common) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Publications

• American Anthropologist journal founded
• First issue of the National Geographic Magazine

The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ...

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

• National Geographic Society formed in the United States

Flag of the National Geographic Society The Meo Brothers Geographic Society was founded in the United States on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ...

Births

Deaths

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1887 in archaeology
• 1889 in archaeology