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archaeologists

NOUN
student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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WSJ spoke with archaeologists and artisans about the business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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 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

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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