Archaeology

Discover the world's most renowned archaeologists who have unearthed the mysteries of ancient civilizations. From Howard Carter to Jane Goodall, explore the remarkable individuals who have dedicated their lives to excavating and understanding the past.

George Karnarvon

An English Egyptologist who led archaeologist Howard Carter's expedition that discovered Tutankhamun's tomb.

Israeli archaeologist specializing in the study of the Paleolithic.

Archaeologist, historian and numismatist

Reinhard Kekule

German archaeologist.

Vladimir Stasov

Art and music critic, art historian, archaeologist, public figure, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Alexandre Laborde

French archaeologist, politician and traveler

Francesco Carelli

Italian antiquarian, archaeologist and numismatist

Alexander Ilyin

Rostov archaeologist, historian, teacher, one of the founders of the Rostov City Museum.

Bellarmino Bagatti

Italian archaeologist, priest

Charles Othon Clarac

French archaeologist

Vasiliy Gorodtsov

Russian and Soviet archaeologist

American archaeologist

Robert Macalister

Irish archaeologist.

Maud Cunnington

It is best known for its excavations of several major prehistoric sites on Salisbury Plain.

Charles Woolley

Leading English archaeologist of the first half of the twentieth century

Gertrude Caton–Thompson

English female archaeologist.

Fustel de Coulanges

Brazilian female archaeologist.

Czech archaeologist and dissident.

Percival Harrison Fawcett

British archaeologist and traveler

Arcisse Caumont

French antiquarian and archaeologist

The Controversial Archaeologist

Vladimir Zavitnevich

Belarusian archaeologist, historian, writer

Tadeos Avdalbegyan

An outstanding Armenian scholar and encyclopedist (historian-archaeologist, Marxist economist and philologist-linguist).

Alexander Cunningham

British Indologist

Famous Indian archaeologist

Polish archaeologist, politician, Prime Minister of Poland in 1934-1935

Rodolfo Lanciani

Italian archaeologist

The greatest archaeologist of the 20th century

Azerbaijani Soviet archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

Frank Hamilton Cushing

American archaeologist, ethnographer, and Indian rights activist

Manolis Andronikos

Greek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Famous archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

French archaeologist

Paul Emile Giraud

French historian and politician

Jindrich Wankel

Czech doctor, archaeologist and speleologist

Paul-Emile Botta

French archaeologist and diplomat

Alexander Alexandre

Italian lawyer and archaeologist.

Archaeologist, antique dealer, collector

Giancarlo Conestabile della Staffa

Italian archaeologist

Thomas Whittemore

American archaeologist.

Janusz Kozlowski

Polish archaeologist, Egyptologist

Ukrainian archaeologist

Anthony Bonanno

Archaeologist, professor

Jacques Boucher de Perthes

French archaeologist, one of the founders of scientific archaeology

Franz Xaver Kraus

Catholic theologian and archaeologist

British archaeologist

Manuel Gomez-Moreno

Spanish archaeologist, epigraphist, art historian and linguist. In the 1930s and 1940s, he deciphered the Paleohispanic script, which contributed to significant progress in the study of the ancient history of the Iberian Peninsula before the Roman conquest.

Giovanni Battista Zannoni

Italian archaeologist.