archaeologist

[ahr-kee-ol-uh-jist] / ˌɑr kiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /

NOUN

student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras

Synonyms

STRONGEST

paleontologist

STRONG

classicist excavator

WEAK

archaeologian paleologist prehistorian

Example Sentences

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Scientists and archaeologists have already unearthed other remains of pre-Hispanic cultures in the region that has been excavated for two decades.

From Barron's

In most cases the “mummy portraits”—as the paintings are called—came to be pried or detached from the full mummy by excavators, archaeologists or thieves.

From The Wall Street Journal

He called council archaeologist Bruce Mann on 26 January who called in expertise from the University of Aberdeen who were on site the following day.

From BBC

An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe.

From BBC

"Maybe the hope is that in 20 years people might look back at this and sort of not quite know what was true and what wasn't, and sort of confuse archaeologists of the future, ideally."

From Barron's