The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations 1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England. Excavations Finds Publications 1643: Athanasius Kircher, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta. 1646: John Greaves, Pyramidographia, or a Description of the Pyramids in Ægypt. Events Births 1646: April 4 - Antoine Galland (d. 1715). 1647: Jacques Spon, French doctor and archaeologist (d. 1685). Deaths References Archaeology by decade Archaeology