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The decade of the 1740s in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
- 1748: Mr. Jeong Ji-hae, a Yangban and father of the Governor of Jinju, excavates 6 Goryeo Dynasty (AD 918-1392) tombs of individuals whom Jeong thought may have been his ancestors, and thus becomes the first archaeologist in Korea.
Finds
Publications
- 1740: William Stukeley's description of Stonehenge.
- 1744: First volume of Le Antichità di Ercolano, account of discoveries at Herculaneum.
Other events
Births
Deaths
- 1747: date unknown - Nicholas Mahudel (b. 1704).
