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Other events: 1720s . Archaeology timeline

The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island.

Excavations

• Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

1722: Easter Island.

Finds

Publications

Other events

Births

• 1721: Nicholas Revett (died 1804)
• 1726: October 12 - Pierre Henri Larcher (died 1812)
• 1729: 25 September - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German archaeologist (died 1812)

Deaths