The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations Finds 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England. 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell. Events 1693 - John Aubrey completes his in manuscript. 1694 - Maltese canon Ignazio di Costanzo reports in a letter that the Cippi of Melqart bear an inscription in the Phoenician alphabet. Births 1690: February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, English antiquarian (d. 1755) 1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765) 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771) Deaths 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary (b. 1626) 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1633) References Archaeology by decade Archaeology