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
Great Britain
Great BritainAn English Egyptologist who led archaeologist Howard Carter's expedition that discovered Tutankhamun's tomb.

Alexandre Laborde
France
FranceFrench archaeologist, politician and traveler

Kay Behrensmeyer
USA
USAAmerican paleontologist (taphonomist and paleoecologist).

David Clarke
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish archaeologist

Leonid Zaliznyak
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

Alexander Adam
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish teacher and archaeologist.

Ofer Bar-Yosef
Israel
IsraelIsraeli archaeologist specializing in the study of the Paleolithic.

Giancarlo Conestabile della Staffa
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist

Vladimir Stasov
Russia
RussiaArt and music critic, art historian, archaeologist, public figure, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Semir Osmanagic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian writer, amateur archaeologist and metalworking contractor

Ilyas Babaev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani Soviet archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

Rodolfo Lanciani
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist

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

Yahya Gulyamov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanFamous archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

Francesco Carelli
Italy
ItalyItalian antiquarian, archaeologist and numismatist

Manfred Korfmann
Germany
GermanyGerman archaeologist, researcher of prehistoric European history, professor

Rudolf Virchow
Germany
GermanyGerman pathologist, anthropologist, archaeologist and political activist

John Westwood
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish entomologist and archaeologist

Jindrich Wankel
Czech
CzechCzech doctor, archaeologist and speleologist

Giovanni Battista Zannoni
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist.

Barnum Brown
USA
USAAmerican paleontologist

Anthony Bonanno
Malta
MaltaArchaeologist, professor

Konstantin Tushkevich
Belarus
BelarusArchaeologist, historian, ethnographer, folklorist from the Tyshkevich family.

Felix Abel
France
FranceFrench biblical scholar, archaeologist and geographer, specialist in Palestine.

Barry Kemp
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish archaeologist

Michael Coe
USA
USAAmerican archaeologist, anthropologist, epigraphist, Mayanist, professor

Zahi Hawass
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian archaeologist and historian of Ancient Egypt.

William Matthew Petrie
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish archaeologist

Charles Woolley
Great Britain
Great BritainLeading English archaeologist of the first half of the twentieth century

Charles Othon Clarac
France
FranceFrench archaeologist

Howard Carter
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Egyptologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb

Gudrat Ismailzade
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani archaeologist, doctor of historical sciences, professor

Francesco Inghirami
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist.

Maud Cunnington
Great Britain
Great BritainIt is best known for its excavations of several major prehistoric sites on Salisbury Plain.

Tadeos Avdalbegyan
Armenia
ArmeniaAn outstanding Armenian scholar and encyclopedist (historian-archaeologist, Marxist economist and philologist-linguist).

Celestino Cavedoni
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist and numismatist

Ferdinand Keller
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss archaeologist.

Karl Lepsius
Germany
GermanyAn outstanding German (Prussian) archaeologist and Egyptologist.

Braj Basi Lal
India
IndiaFamous Indian archaeologist

Henryh Shliman
Germany
GermanyGerman amateur archaeologist.

Arcisse Caumont
France
FranceFrench antiquarian and archaeologist

Karl Kersten
Germany
GermanyGerman historian and archaeologist

Arthur John Evans
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish archaeologist

Ernst Emil Herzfeld
Germany
GermanyGerman archaeologist and Iranian philologist.

Alexander Ferdinand Quast
Germany
GermanyGerman archaeologist and architect.

Barry Cunliffe
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish archaeologist

Bellarmino Bagatti
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist, priest

Ken Dark
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish archaeologist

Mel Fisher
USA
USAArchaeologist

Giovanni Battista De Rossi
Italy
ItalyItalian Christian archaeologist and epigrapher