Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1847.

Explorations

• Austen Henry Layard begins his examination of Nineveh which continue until 1851.^[1]

Excavations

Publications

• Antiquités Celtiques et antédiluviennes, vol. 1, by Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes.
• The History of the Conquest of Peru by William H. Prescott.

Births

• June 9 – John Romilly Allen, British archaeologist (d. 1907)

Deaths