List of archaeological excavations by date
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This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects.
1500s
- Pompeii - 1599 - Domenico Fontana called when the digging of an underground channel to divert the river Sarno ran into ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions.
1600s
- Ur - 1625 - Pietro Della Valle noted bricks with cuneiform writing and stone seals at the site of Ur.
1700s
- Julliberrie's Grave - 1702 - Heneage Finch
1800s
=1810s=
- Babylon - 1811–12 - Claudius Rich
=1840s=
- Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1842 - Paul-Émile Botta
- Ninevah - 1843 - Paul-Émile Botta
- Ninevah - 1845 - Austen Henry Layard
- Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1847 - Austen Henry Layard found Sennacherib's palace, and the library of Ashurbanipal
=1850s=
- Larsa - 1850 - William Loftus
- Nippur - 1851 - Austen Henry Layard
- Borsippa - 1854 - Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
- Eridu - 1855 - John George Taylor
=1870s=
- Troy - 1871-1879 - Heinrich Schliemann conducted two excavations at the site, determining that the city pre-dated the Classical era
=1880s=
- Sippar - 1880-81 - Hormuzd Rassam
- Sippar-Amnanum - Hormuzd Rassam
- Tell Zurghul - 1887 - Robert Koldewey
- Lagash - 1887 - Robert Koldewey
=1890s=
- Delphi - 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of Archaeology
1900s
=1900s=
- Knossos - 1900 - Arthur Evans
- Shuruppak - 1902 - Robert Koldewey and Friedrich Delitzsch
- Gezer - 1902-09 - R.A.S. Macalister
- Adab - 1903-05 - Edgar James Banks
- Girsu - 1903-09 - Gaston Cros
=1910s=
=1920s=
- Ngaut Ngaut (also called Devon Downs) - Norman Tindale
- Mohenjo-daro - Kashinath Narayan Dikshit in 1924–25 and John Marshall in 1925–26
- Jemdet Nasr - Stephen Langdon
=1930s=
=1940s=
=1960s=
=1990s=
- Marad - 1990 - Excavations led by Na'el Hannoon
2000s
- Tulul al-Baqarat - 2008-10 - Ayad Mahir Mahmud