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archaeology

[ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌɑr kiˈɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
study of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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Julian Hirsch, 28, who is finishing a Ph.D. in archaeology at Hebrew University, made aliyah this year because his fieldwork doesn’t exist anywhere else at comparable scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The blocked agreements affecting Joshua Tree also included support for projects to improve mapping technology, address pest infestations at Keys Ranch and bolster the archaeology program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

To understand what happened within these prehistoric communities, the researchers combined genetic evidence with archaeology and radiocarbon dating.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

"We know it's there, we know it's under the ground, we know the archaeology is there and it's just one of those happy coincidences of this very, very hot weather that these things appear."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Most of them told him they were absolutely convinced that archaeology beneath the sea was impossible and could never become an exact science.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler


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