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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

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

The fossils had been uncovered by archaeologists who were monitoring the Davinópolis construction project as part of environmental licensing requirements.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 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

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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