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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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"If you want to study archaeology or monumental architecture, you also have to study French so you can read all the old documents written by the French," he told AFP in French.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Matthews said, in spite of its position overlooking the important Roman city of Chester, very little associated archaeology had been found in north-east Wales until recently.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

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

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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