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archaeologists

NOUN
student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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It wasn’t until after the Soviet collapse in 1991 that the newly independent Ukraine permitted Polish archaeologists to conduct exhumations in Volhynia to reveal the extent of the slaughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

For George, it's been quite the experience, and he has some advice for other budding archaeologists.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The workplace at the center of “Dig” is an excavation site in Greece, where Poehler’s Elise is among a team of archaeologists that unearths a rare artifact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Sarkis Khoury, head of antiquities at Lebanon's culture ministry, told AFP the war had forced archaeologists to switch tack.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Five years later, archaeologists remained unsure of the answers to such basic questions as where the geoglyph builders lived—the structures show no sign of habitation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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