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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

"It's been this open debate for a century," said Neill Wallis, curator of Florida archaeology, bioarchaeology and the Ceramic Technology Laboratory at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Among those attending was Sebastian Dufour, an independent consultant for the Alderney Wildlife Trust, who joined a field trip to Lihou Island exploring its ecology and archaeology.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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

With the events at Cape Gelidonya, marine archaeology became an important scientific field of its own.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler


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