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Born February 1, 1896 • Mexico City • Mexico
Died November 30, 1970 (aged 74) • Mexico City • Mexico • (Anniversary in 7 days)
Subjects Of Study Mixtec • tomb
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Schliemann, Heinrich
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German archaeologist
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey
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Louis S.B. Leakey
Louis Leakey
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Hiram Bingham
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Sir Arthur Evans, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Richmond, 1907; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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Sir Mortimer Wheeler
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Carl Blegen
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Hormuzd Rassam
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Mariette
Auguste Mariette
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Li Chi
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Sir John Hubert Marshall
British archaeologist
E. G. Squier
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Carleton S. Coon
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Sir Leonard Woolley
British archaeologist
Leakey, Mary
Mary Douglas Leakey
Kenyan archaeologist