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archaeologist

[ahr-kee-ol-uh-jist] / ˌɑr kiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /
NOUN
student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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But when James Mellaart, a British archaeologist, stumbled on Çatalhöyük in 1952, it was only a “whopping great mound,” 60-feet high and covered in grass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The supposed remains of Samuel were discovered by Greek archaeologist Nikolaos Moutsopoulos in the 1960s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Angus Wainwright, regional archaeologist for the National Trust's East of England region, said the structure had always intrigued him.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Sudan is hardly the first war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation to have its heritage stolen and sold, said Amr Al-Azm, a Syrian archaeologist and co-director of the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research Project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Suppose that a time machine could have transported an archaeologist back in time, for a world tour at around 11,000 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Their ribs had evidence of a partly healed wound, which archaeologists believe was probably caused by a stone-tipped spear.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The archaeologists say the ship started its voyage from somewhere along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

What archaeologists once regarded primarily as prehistoric glue may also have been a useful substance for protecting wounds, offering another intriguing possibility about the origins of human medical knowledge.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

About a century ago, archaeologists excavating pottery fragments around Tampa Bay encountered something puzzling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

That leaves us with the theory that they were built for some mysterious cultural purpose that archaeologists have a hard time deciphering.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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