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archaeologists

NOUN
student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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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

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

Katy McMonagle, one of the archaeologists who dug the whale head out, said the fossil was difficult to move and very heavy.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The region’s transformation from fertile woodland to eroded scrub or desert has been elucidated by paleobotanists and archaeologists.

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



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