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archaeologists

NOUN
student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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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

The walls of what is thought to be one of medieval England's earliest and largest leprosy hospitals have been uncovered in Lincoln by Time Team archaeologists.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

When archaeologists uncover adults and children buried together in medieval graves, a natural assumption is that they belonged to the same family.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Nearby, teams of archaeologists worked in tents, assembling skeletons out of the discovered bones and piecing together skulls that were destroyed by blunt-force trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Too numerous, in a way: archaeologists have turned up at least eleven versions of Kaan’s early dynastic history painted on big vases.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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