1925 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1925.
Explorations
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Excavations
- Kaminaljuyu Mayan site, by Manuel Gamino.
- Kültepe in Turkey, by Bedřich Hrozný.
- Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin (continue to 1926).
- October - Tin Hinan Tomb in the Sahara located and opened by Byron Khun de Prorok.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/diggingforlostaf009795mbp/diggingforlostaf009795mbp_djvu.txt|author=De Prorok, Count Byron Khun|title=Digging for Lost African Gods|year=1926|publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons|location=New York|via=Internet Archive|accessdate=2022-11-21}}
- December - Complete excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Émile Baraize begins (continues to 1936).
Publications
- John Beazley - Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils
- V. Gordon Childe - The Dawn of European Civilization.
- Aleš Hrdlička - The Old Americans.
Finds
- July 13 - "Venus of Dolní Věstonice" at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia.
- October 28 - Howard Carter reveals the golden death mask of Tutenkhamun.{{cite book|first=H. V. F.|last=Winstone|authorlink=H. V. F. Winstone|title=Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun|location=Manchester|publisher=Barzan|edition=rev.|year=2006|isbn=1-905521-04-9|pages=269–70}}
- Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is discovered by Leonard Woolley.{{Cite book|last=Hopkins|first=Owen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hodIEAAAQBAJ|title=The Museum: From its Origins to the 21st Century|year=2021|publisher=Frances Lincoln|location=London|isbn=978-0-7112-5457-2|page=43}}
- "Venus of Savignano" near Savignano sul Panaro in Italy.
- "Galilee skull" in Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh.
- The Aurignacian settlement site at Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt is discovered by local schoolteacher E. Thiersch.{{cite book|last=Porr|first=M.|year=2004|chapter=Menschen wie wir: Die Aurignacien-Fundstelle von Breitenbach|editor=Meller, H.|title=Paläolithikum und Mesolithikum: Kataloge zur Dauerausstellung im Landesmuseum, Halle}}
- Belgic pottery at Swarling, Kent.
- Makapansgat pebble in South Africa.
Awards
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Miscellaneous
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Births
- January 22 - John Davies Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8738496/Professor-John-Evans.html Obituary of Professor John Evans, The Daily Telegraph, 2 September, 2011]
- April 24 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (d. 2006){{cite web|last1=Lane|first1=Alan|title=Leslie Alcock|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jun/24/guardianobituaries.mainsection|website=The Guardian|accessdate=30 May 2017|date=23 June 2006}}
- November 14 - James Mellaart, British archaeologist. (d. 2012){{cite web|title=James Mellaart|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9450610/James-Mellaart.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk|date=3 August 2012 |accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}}