1912 in Archaeology - Excavations

Excavations

• Project to excavate and restore ancient temples at Sanchi begins under Sir John Marshall (continues to 1919).
• Excavations at Viroconium (Wroxeter) in England begin (continue to 1914).
• Excavations at Uruk by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft begin (continue to 1913).
• T. E. Lawrence and Leonard Woolley work on excavation of the Hittite city of Carchemish (continues to 1914).