List of years in archaeology       (table)
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The year 1899 in archaeology involved some significant excavations.

Explorations

Excavations

• Excavations of Babylon by Deutsche Orientgesellschaft begin.

Publications

Finds

• Wang Yiron, director of the Imperial College of China, discovers Shang dynasty oracle bones from the site of Yinxu.
• Roman Empire-related silver plate was found near Qalagah, Azerbaijan.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

• 30 December: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian exporer; co-discoverer of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows

Deaths

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1898 in archaeology
• 1900 in archaeology