Finds
- 1796 (Summer): Ribchester Hoard and helmet found in Lancashire.
- 1797: The tomb of John, King of England is rediscovered at Worcester Cathedral in front of the altar.
- 1799: At the town of Rosetta (Rashid), a harbor on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, French troops find the Rosetta Stone, inscribed with Greek/demotic/hieroglyphs (translated in 1822 by Jean-François Champollion).
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