Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1887. June–July - Carl Humann works at Hierapolis. A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna...

descendant. Archaeological research on Roanoke Island only began when Talcott Williams discovered a Native American burial site in 1887. He returned in 1895...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1887. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

of Archaeology is an endowed chair in archaeology at the University of Cambridge. It was endowed by English barrister and antiquarian John Disney in 1851...

that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Quran, and early Islam. The science of archaeology grew out of the older multi-disciplinary study...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation...

1887 in Norwegian music 25 May – A fire during the 745th performance there of Mignon largely destroys the second Salle Favart, home of the Opéra-Comique...

March 11 – The first Indian woman doctor qualifies in Western medicine, Anandi Gopal Joshi (d. 1887) at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (U...

The year 1887 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below. April – Carte du Ciel project initiated by Paris Observatory director...

The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year. 1600s - 1700s - 1800s - 1900s- 2000s 1600 1601...