Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.
Explorations
Excavations
Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad. Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.
Finds
Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu. Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.
Publications
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken
Events
c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up. September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples. British Archaeological Association founded. Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.
Births
June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919) September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)
Deaths
January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813) June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)