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Franz Boas

Franz Boas helped reshape American anthropology by arguing that cultures must be understood through their own histories...

19TH Century Culture North America Anthropology

8.88 Great

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Flinders Petrie

Careful attention to ordinary objects helped Flinders Petrie change the practice of archaeology. A British Egyptologist...

19TH Century British Palestine Egyptology

8.79 Great

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Howard Carter

The discovery of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made Howard Carter a central figure in...

20TH Century British Excavation Egyptology

8.69 Great

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André Leroi-Gourhan

André Leroi-Gourhan was a prominent French archaeologist specializing in Paleolithic prehistory. His work focused on und...

Technology French 20TH Century Paleolithic

8.39 Great

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Bruce Trigger

Bruce Trigger was a prominent Canadian archaeologist specializing in Egyptology during the 20th century. His work signif...

History Theory Canadian 20TH Century

8.33 Great

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Yves Coppens

Yves Coppens is a French archaeologist renowned for his contributions to paleoanthropology during the 20th century. He p...

French 20TH Century Paleoanthropology Australopithecus

8.08 Great

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Eduard Seler

Eduard Seler was a German archaeologist and philologist primarily known for his extensive work in Mesoamerica during the...

German 19TH Century Mesoamerica Aztec

8.05 Great

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Paul Pelliot

Paul Pelliot was a French archaeologist and sinologist primarily known for his extensive work excavating and documenting...

French 20TH Century Asian Dunhuang

7.99 Good

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Jacques Boucher de Perthes

Jacques Boucher de Perthes (1788–1868) was a French customs official and antiquarian whose discoveries in the Somme Vall...

French 19TH Century Antiquity Paleolithic

7.96 Good

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François Bordes

François Bordes (1919–1981) was a French prehistorian and professor at the University of Bordeaux whose work on Middle P...

French 20TH Century Paleolithic Prehistory

7.96 Good

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Alexander Cunningham

Alexander Cunningham was a British army engineer and archaeologist who became the first Director-General of the Archaeol...

India 19TH Century British Asian

7.93 Good

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Mark Lehner

Mark Lehner is an American Egyptologist and archaeologist who has directed the Giza Plateau Mapping Project since 1984....

Modern American Survey Egyptology

7.91 Good

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Max Uhle

Max Uhle was a German archaeologist whose systematic fieldwork helped establish the chronological study of pre-Columbian...

German 19TH Century South America Inca

7.89 Good

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John Lubbock

John Lubbock was a British banker, politician, naturalist, and archaeologist who contributed to the nineteenth-century s...

19TH Century British Neolithic Paleolithic

7.87 Good

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Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a British archaeologist, diplomat, and writer who played a significant role in the formati...

20TH Century Mesopotamia British Museum

7.77 Good

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Austen Henry Layard

Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) was a British traveller, archaeologist, and diplomat who excavated the Neo-Assyrian site...

19TH Century British Assyriology Nimrud

7.75 Good

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John Lloyd Stephens

John Lloyd Stephens (1805–1852) was an American explorer, diplomat, and travel writer who conducted two pivotal expediti...

American 19TH Century Explorer Maya

7.68 Good

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Karl Richard Lepsius

Karl Richard Lepsius was a prominent 19th-century German Egyptologist and a foundational figure in the modern study of a...

German 19TH Century Expedition Egyptology

7.27 Good

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E. A. Wallis Budge

E. A. Wallis Budge was a British Egyptologist, philologist, and museum curator whose work focused on the languages, text...

19TH Century British Museum Egyptology

5.15 Mediocre

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Giovanni Battista Belzoni

Giovanni Battista Belzoni was an Italian explorer, engineer, and collector active in Egypt during the early nineteenth c...

Italian 19TH Century Explorer Transport

4.78 Poor