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This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects.

1500s

• Pompeii - 1599 - Domenico Fontana called when the digging of an underground channel to divert the river Sarno ran into ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions.

1600s

• Ur - 1625 - Pietro Della Valle noted bricks with cuneiform writing and stone seals at the site of Ur.

1700s

• Julliberrie's Grave - 1702 - Heneage Finch

1800s

1810s

• Babylon - 1811–12 - Claudius Rich

1840s

• Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1842 - Paul-Émile Botta
• Ninevah - 1843 - Paul-Émile Botta
• Ninevah - 1845 - Austen Henry Layard
• Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1847 - Austen Henry Layard found Sennacherib's palace, and the library of Ashurbanipal

1850s

• Larsa - 1850 - William Loftus
• Nippur - 1851 - Austen Henry Layard
• Borsippa - 1854 - Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
• Eridu - 1855 - John George Taylor

1870s

• Troy - 1871-1879 - Heinrich Schliemann conducted two excavations at the site, determining that the city pre-dated the Classical era

1880s

• Sippar - 1880-81 - Hormuzd Rassam
• Sippar-Amnanum - Hormuzd Rassam
• Tell Zurghul - 1887 - Robert Koldewey
• Lagash - 1887 - Robert Koldewey

1890s

• Delphi - 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of Archaeology

1900s

1900s

• Knossos - 1900 - Arthur Evans
• Shuruppak - 1902 - Robert Koldewey and Friedrich Delitzsch
• Gezer - 1902-09 - R.A.S. Macalister
• Adab - 1903-05 - Edgar James Banks
• Girsu - 1903-09 - Gaston Cros

1910s

• Tell al-'Ubaid - Henry Hall

1920s

• Ngaut Ngaut (also called Devon Downs) - Norman Tindale
• Mohenjo-daro - Kashinath Narayan Dikshit in 1924–25 and John Marshall in 1925-26
• Jemdet Nasr - Stephen Langdon

1930s

• Sutton Hoo - Basil Brown
• Eshnunna - Henri Frankfort
• Khafajah - Henri Frankfort

1940s

• Tell Uqair - Seton Lloyd

1960s

• Masada - Yigael Yadin
• Tel Arad - Yohanan Aharoni

1990s

• Marad - 1990 - Excavations led by Na'el Hannoon

2000s

• Tulul al-Baqarat - 2008-10 - Ayad Mahir Mahmud

2010s

• Tell Khaiber - 2013-17