Nathan Myhrvold

One of the things that I love to do is travel around the world and look at archaeological sites. Because archaeology gives us an opportunity to study past civilizations, and see where they succeeded and where they failed. Use science to, you know, work backwards and say, 'Well, really, what were they thinking?

American Businessman

Pardis Sabeti

So much of the physical world has been explored. But the deluge of data I get to investigate really lets me chart new territory. Genetic data from people living today forms an archaeological record of what happened to their ancestors 10,000 years ago.

Iranian Scientist

Neil MacGregor

Saddam Hussein was fascinated by ancient Babylon and Assyria. He made money available to protect and develop the great archaeological sites. The great achievements of Mesopotamian civilisation were pressed into the service of the Ba'athist regime.

British Historian

Jean M. Auel

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.

American Writer

Joseph Needham

Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more archaeological and historical than scientific.

British Scientist

Lascelles Abercrombie

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

British Poet

Vicente Fox

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

Mexican Statesman

George Lucas

I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear.

American Director

Sarah Parcak

The majority of the research I do is archaeological research, but to me, as a professor, the most important thing is to encourage and mentor students.

American Scientist

Zahi Hawass

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

Egyptian Scientist

Often used in academic or historic contexts where precise terms are important for clarity.

Specialized Vocabulary

'Archaeological' can be confused with 'paleontological', which is about dinosaurs and fossils, not human history.

Not Just Dinosaurs

Refers to physical objects from the past, like buildings or artifacts, more than written history.

Often Physical

May be used in a non-literal way to emphasize the great age or obsolescence of an object.

Figurative Sense

Can metaphorically describe rediscovering something from a person's own past, like old notes.

Metaphorical Use

Used to evoke the feeling of uncovering or preserving a snapshot of a past era.

Time Capsule

 history was here and what were people doing and what was the environment like over the course of time here in the springs we're optimistic that the results of this project are going to help guide and direct and make more efficient archaeological and scientific research for many many years to come to

Exploring Ancient...

 But did you ever wonder - where did telling time come from? Why does it matter what time it is? Who determined the clock and why in the world are there so many different time zones? The first form of telling time was the sundial and the earliest sundials known from the archaeological record

The history of keeping...

 the dress I felt that the dress actually acquired his own life and became what I call a piece of future archaeology here I was interested in the idea that a garment that has a certain value now could become part of an archaeological archive of the future

My life as an outsider PIPE...

 cut out for me the archaeological team that sent it to him has not yet been able to confirm the species a crucial first step in unlocking the skulls story but dayit thinks he may be able to help they just feel like what this can tell us possibly

An Ancient Human Skull PIPE...

 the extinct mowers of new zealand might perhaps have been taller but this was certainly the heaviest bird that ever existed and of course it was flightless like an ostrich here in the basement of the archaeological department at oxford

Best Of Attenborough And...

 edge of the temple because right in front of you in the middle of the temple actually is an archaeological site very seldom does archaeology get the opportunity of interfacing with the very beginnings of one of the world's great

Discovery: Buddha's...

 but we are expanding it to the world, making archaeological exploration more open, inclusive, and at a scale simply not previously possible. This is why I am so excited to share with you all today

Hunting for Peru's lost...

 Jayant floodgates will automatically close in emergencies the discoveries at uni kapa have rapidly advanced our understanding of ancient Constantinople the key of this archaeological dig would

Istanbul Super Tunnel PIPE...

 largest paleontological or archaeological projects in history this project is only three years old and yet it involves more than 80 scientists from around the world in fact every continent

Part Ape, Part Human:...

 When you work with archaeological objects, you are like entering the world of your ancestors. I like to think that in a way, they talk to us.