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Howard Carter
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Howard Carter
Archaeologist / 1874 - 1939
Howard Carter was a British archaeologist who excavated King Tut's tomb beginning in 1922.
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Kathleen Kenyon
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Kathleen Kenyon
Archaeologist, Educator, Historian, Journalist / 1906 - 1978
Dame Kathleen (Mary) Kenyon was an English archaeologist who excavated Jericho to and showed it to be the oldest known continuously occupied human settlement.
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Robert Ballard
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Robert Ballard
Archaeologist / 1942 -
Deep-sea archaeologist and oceanographer Robert Ballard is best known for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985.
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Arthur Evans
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Arthur Evans
Archaeologist / 1851 - 1941
Arthur Evans was a noted archaeologist and curator known for unearthing the remains of ancient Minoan civilization.
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John Lloyd Stephens
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John Lloyd Stephens
Archaeologist, Journalist / 1805 - 1852
U.S. traveler and archaeologist John Lloyd Stephens's travels in the Middle East and Central America resulted in books that created interest in the regions.
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Gertrude Bell
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Gertrude Bell
Archaeologist, Explorer, Political Leader, Writer / 1868 - 1926
Gertrude Bell was a British writer, archaeologist and political officer best known for helping to establish modern Iraq after World War I.
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