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Carter, Howard
British archaeologist who discovered the almost intact tomb of Tutankhamen.

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Curtius, Ernst
German archaeologist and historian who from 1875 - 1881 led the excavation of Olympia.
 

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Hamilton, William
British archaeologist and diplomat who investigated mount Vesuvius.
 

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Korfmann, Manfred
German archaeologist of the University of Tübingen. Manfred has been leader of the excavations at the site of Hisarllk / Troy in northwestern Turkey for the past 16 years.
 

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Netzer, Ehud
In May 2007, Israeli archaeologist Ehud Netzer claimed to have found Herod's tomb at Herodium (today's Israeli-occupied West Bank.) All about Herod the Great here.
 

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Puchstein, Otto
Otto was a German archaeologist.

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Rawlinson, Sir Henry C.
Henry deciphered what Darius I chiseled.

MORE ABOUT ORIENTALIST HENRY RAWLINSON
 

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Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich was a German archaeologist who found the ancient Greek cities of Troy and Mycenae.
 

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