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Born February 1, 1896 • Mexico City • Mexico
Died November 30, 1970 (aged 74) • Mexico City • Mexico
Subjects Of Study Mixtec • tomb
Greek postage stamp featuring Manolis Andronicos in a suit and glasses, with artifacts from the royal tomb of Macedonia in the foreground.
Manolis Andronicos
Greek archaeologist
Howard Carter wearing a suit, bow tie, and tall top hat, poses for a formal portrait.
Howard Carter
British archaeologist
Pyramid of Menkaure
George Andrew Reisner
American archaeologist
Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich Schliemann
German 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
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
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John Garstang
British archaeologist
Sir Arthur Evans
Sir Arthur Evans
British archaeologist
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Sir Mortimer Wheeler
British archaeologist
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Carl Blegen
American archaeologist
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Hormuzd Rassam
Assyriologist
Mariette
Auguste Mariette
French archaeologist
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Li Chi
Chinese archaeologist
Leonard Woolley
Sir Leonard Woolley
British archaeologist
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Sir John Hubert Marshall
British archaeologist
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E. G. Squier
American archaeologist
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Carleton S. Coon
American anthropologist
Mary Leakey stands beside a large fiberglass cast of ancient hominid footprints, holding the edge and looking toward the camera.
Mary Douglas Leakey
Kenyan archaeologist