Goldie Hawn

When I turned 50, I asked some of my girlfriends, all actresses of the same age, 'What are we going to do now?' I wanted to go live somewhere for a while, learn archaeology, or take part in healing the world on some level. I wanted to dig deep and say, 'Who am I now? What do I have to offer? What do I have to learn?

American Actress

Alice Roberts

Archaeology can be overlooked as a discipline, I think, but it's incredibly important to have this other way of approaching the past - not just through historical documents, but through actual physical remains - objects, buildings and the layout of our towns.

English Scientist

Michael Rostovtzeff

For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and importance, sometimes more importance, that the written sources.

Ukrainian Historian

Mary Beard

At 16, I got into local-education archaeology classes - you got to go to summer digs. It allowed me to be both intellectual and a bad girl with a wicked social life every evening!

Zahi Hawass

It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery.

Egyptian Scientist

John F. Lehman, Jr.

We are opening up an enormous new era in archaeology. Time capsules in the deep oceans.

American Businessman

Andrew Stanton

I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.

American Director

Bill Wyman

I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.

British Musician

Jaime Lerner

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

Brazilian Politician

Michael Ondaatje

As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.

Canadian Author

Archaeology is a scholarly subject, fitting for academic and educational discussions.

Academic Field

Speaking about archaeology often assumes specialized knowledge of history and excavation techniques.

Requires Expertise

Archaeology can also study more recent history, not just ancient times.

Not Always Ancient

Archaeology as physical remains refers to real objects from the past, like pottery or bones.

Tangible Remains

These remains are evidence of past human life and activities.

Evidence of Life

Artifacts studied in archaeology offer insights into ancient cultures and societies.

Cultural Insights

 this was a dress I covered in iron filings and I buried it in the ground for several months and after I dug out 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

My life as an outsider PIPE...

 this process and who are that who are these these millions of undocumented people and what are their stories and I would argue that border crossing is poorly understood and archaeology and anthropology can help us understand this process and to humanize it at the end of

Jason De León: Decoding...

 got to these places and I and I I started realizing ok I've got it's not just culture now it's it's starting to take on the scope of archaeology and now I started to really engage with mark a little bit more ok what is it and we're like what's the most important thing

Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...

 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...

 archeological expedition to the island and spent several months there tried to find out he excavated around them some he discovered were buried up to their waists and had strangely elongated fingers he showed by practical

Where Did the Easter...

 ever since I began studying archeology. We're taught to believe that thousands of years ago, when our ancestors first invented agriculture in that part of the world, that it set in motion a chain of consequences

A New Understanding of...

 They're not on a treasure hunt. Underwater archaeology reveals important information about ancient climates and coastlines, it tells us how humans sailed the seas, and what life was like millennia ago.

How much of human...

 studied high-altitude archaeology might so important is to see this kind of link with the past in a very young age I saw myself as an explorer and I'm never going to stop trying to solve mysteries

Finding Frozen Mummies...

 When I was 16 years old, I started taking archaeology classes and going out on digs. A high school teacher of mine even helped me set up my own laboratory to study animal bones. But in college,

Why museums are...

 But in the process, archeology left the public behind. Shows like “What in the World?” became less common and pseudoarcheology emerged to fill the void.