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The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Finds 4 Publications 5 Other events 6 Births 7 Deaths

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• 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island.

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• Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

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• 1721: Nicholas Revett (died 1804)
• 1726: October 12 - Pierre Henri Larcher (died 1812)
• 1729: 25 September - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German archaeologist (died 1812)

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