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.

Gertrude Caton–Thompson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish female archaeologist.

Maykl Kremo
USA
USAThe Controversial Archaeologist

Vladimir Zavitnevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian archaeologist, historian, writer

Braj Basi Lal
India
IndiaFamous Indian archaeologist

Rodolfo Lanciani
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist

Manolis Andronikos
Greece
GreeceGreek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Paul Emile Giraud
France
FranceFrench historian and politician

Jacques Viger
Canada
CanadaArchaeologist, antique dealer, collector

Manuel Gomez-Moreno
Spain
SpainSpanish 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.

Bryony Coles
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish archaeologist

Giovanni Battista Zannoni
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist.

Carl Blegen
USA
USAAmerican archaeologist

Henri Breuil
France
FranceFrench archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist

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

Muzafer Korkuti
Albania
AlbaniaAlbanian archaeologist

Neil Faulkner
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish archaeologist, historian, teacher, television presenter

Josef Szombathy
Austria
AustriaAustrian archaeologist

Valentin Danilenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian archaeologist.

Mary Leakey
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish paleoanthropologist

Anzelm Feyerbah
Germany
GermanyArchaeologist, professor at the University of Freiburg.

Thor Heyerdahl
Norway
NorwayTraveler

Antonio Coppi
Italy
ItalyItalian monk, priest, writer and archaeologist

Giovanni Battista De Rossi
Italy
ItalyItalian Christian archaeologist and epigrapher

Francesco Inghirami
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist.

John Garstang
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish archaeologist, professor

Amedey Caix de Saint-Aymour
France
FranceFrench scientist.

Matija Petar Katancic
Austria
AustriaAustro-Hungarian archaeologist and historian of Croatian origin.

Alexander Adam
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish teacher and archaeologist.

Babken Arakelyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian archaeologist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.

Muhammed Goneim
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian Egyptologist and archaeologist

Charles Fellows
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish archaeologist

Konstantin Karapanos
Greece
GreeceGreek archaeologist and politician.

Auguste Mariette
France
FranceFrench scientist, archaeologist and Egyptologist

Sigurd Schmidt
Russia
RussiaSoviet and Russian historian and local historian

Celestino Cavedoni
Italy
ItalyItalian archaeologist and numismatist

Ludwig von Sybel
Germany
GermanyGerman archaeologist

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

William Matthew Petrie
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish archaeologist

Alpheus Hyatt
USA
USAAmerican zoologist and paleontologist

Ken Dark
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish archaeologist

William Hamilton
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish diplomat, archaeologist and volcanologist

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

Paul-Emile Botta
Italy
ItalyFrench archaeologist and diplomat