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Pachacamac, Peru
The video thumbnail image shows a white woman walking by a wall that says "You are on Native land."
Exploring the world's oldest known gold mine
Experience the archaeological excavations of the Undo Cave, a paleolithic site in Georgia
Learn about the archaeological excavations of a 19th-century prison site on Spike Island, with a focus on the daily lives of ordinary convicts
Diving into the mystery of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck
Uncovering Christian graves from the Middle Ages
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Pachacamac, Peru
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Ancient Egyptian carving of Pharaoh Seti I holding his flail before the god of the underworld Osiris with Horus behind him. Abydos Temple, Egypt. Ancient carving, on public display for 2,000 years
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November 3, 2015. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, after years of excavations the remains of, the Acra, used by the Greeks more than 2,000 years ago to control the Temple Mount. Jerusalem. Archeology.
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The caves of Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, in the West Bank. The site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in 1947.
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Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)
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Pachacamac, Peru
The video thumbnail image shows a white woman walking by a wall that says "You are on Native land."
Exploring the world's oldest known gold mine
Experience the archaeological excavations of the Undo Cave, a paleolithic site in Georgia
Learn about the archaeological excavations of a 19th-century prison site on Spike Island, with a focus on the daily lives of ordinary convicts
Diving into the mystery of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck
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Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich Schliemann
German archaeologist
Geoffrey Wainwright
British archaeologist
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Flinders Petrie
British archaeologist
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian
Zahi Hawass and Barack Obama
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian archaeologist and official
Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey
Kenyan anthropologist, government official, and paleontologist
Louis S.B. Leakey
Louis Leakey
Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist
Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham
American archaeologist and United States senator
Gene Savoy
American explorer and religious leader
Sir Arthur Evans, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Richmond, 1907; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Sir Arthur Evans
British archaeologist
John Garstang
British archaeologist
William Kelso
American archaeologist
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
British archaeologist
John Lloyd Stephens
American archaeologist
Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes
American archaeologist
Carl Blegen
American archaeologist
Leakey, Mary
Mary Douglas Leakey
Kenyan archaeologist
Hormuzd Rassam
Assyriologist
Mariette
Auguste Mariette
French archaeologist
Li Chi
Chinese archaeologist

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Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)
More Archaeology: Digging and Scraping Quiz
Ancient Egyptian carving of Pharaoh Seti I holding his flail before the god of the underworld Osiris with Horus behind him. Abydos Temple, Egypt. Ancient carving, on public display for 2,000 years
Archaeology: Great Discoveries Quiz
The caves of Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, in the West Bank. The site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in 1947.
More Archaeological Discoveries Quiz
November 3, 2015. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, after years of excavations the remains of, the Acra, used by the Greeks more than 2,000 years ago to control the Temple Mount. Jerusalem. Archeology.
Archaeology: Digging and Scraping Quiz