Antonio Nibby

Antonio Nibby
Bust of Antonio Nibby
Born1792 (1792)
Rome, Papal States (now Italy)
Died1839 (aged 46–47)
Rome, Papal States
Known forRoman topography
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsSapienza University of Rome

Antonio Nibby (October 4, 1792 at Rome – December 29, 1839 at Rome) was an Italian archaeologist and topographer. Nibby was a professor of archaeology in the University of Rome and in the French Academy in Rome. He was an expert in the topography of ancient Rome and its hinterland. Nibby excavated in the area of the Forum Romanum from 1827, and cleared the Cloaca Maxima in 1829.

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