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...

Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1879 to 1887. He was Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University...

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...

Sheriff Has Them," The Inter Ocean, March 16, 1887. "Shot Dead by His Rival," The New York Times, July 6, 1887. "Warring Whyos; The Leader of a Notorious...

Jephson's Statement" appears in the Cornhill Magazine. It is inspired by the disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste in 1872. January 11 – Britain's...

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

The year 1887 in film involved some significant events. Hannibal Goodwin files for a patent for his photographic film. Louis Le Prince's 16-lens camera...