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Archaeologists

174 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abraham OrteliusEngraver · PrintsAbraham Ortelius (also Ortels, Orthellius or Wortels; 4 or 14 April 152728 June 1598) was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands.
Aleksandër MeksiDesigner · DesignAleksandër Gabriel Meksi (born March 8, 1939) is an Albanian archaeologist and politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Albania from April 13, 1992, to March 11, 1997.
Alexandre LenoirArtist · PaintingsMarie Alexandre Lenoir (French pronunciation: [maʁi alɛksɑ̃dʁ lənwaʁ]; 27 December 1761 – 11 June 1839) was a French archaeologist.
Alexandros Rizos RangavisAuthor · BooksAlexandros Rizos Rangavis or Alexander Rizos Rakgabis (Alexandre Rizos Rangabé; 27 December 180928 June 1892), was a Greek man of letters, poet and statesman.
Alfred Percival MaudslayPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Alfred Percival Maudslay, interior of southern chamber, Casa de Monjas at Chichen Itza, 1889
Alfredo ChaveroAuthor · BooksAlfredo Chavero (1841–1906) was a Mexican archaeologist, politician, poet, and dramatist.
Alfredo KeilArtist · PaintingsAlfredo Cristiano Keil (3 July 1850 – 4 October 1907) was a Portuguese composer, painter, poet, archaeologist and art collector.
Alice RobertsAuthor · BooksAlice May Roberts FRSB (born 19 May 1973) is a British academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author.
Alpheus Hyatt VerrillPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Hyatt Verrill c.
Amelia EdwardsIllustrator · IllustrationAmelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.
Andrés Marcos BurrielAuthor · BooksAndrés Marcos Burriel y López (8 December 1719 – 19 June 1762) was a Spanish Jesuit historian, essayist, notable for editing Miguel Venegas' Empresas Apostólicas and publishing it using…
Anna ÅkerhjelmAuthor · BooksIllustration — Anna Agriconia Portrait
Archer Milton HuntingtonAuthor · BooksArcher Milton Huntington (March 10, 1870 – December 11, 1955) was an American philanthropist and scholar, primarily known for his contributions to the field of Hispanic studies.
Auguste SalzmannPhotographer · PhotographyAuguste Salzmann (1824–1872) was a French archaeologist, painter, and pioneer in the field of archaeological photography.
Austen Henry LayardArtist · PaintingsSir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 18175 July 1894) was a British Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat.
B. B. LalAuthor · BooksBraj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022) was an Indian archaeologist, Professor and author.
Benjamin MazarAuthor · BooksBenjamin Mazar (born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists.
Berit WallenbergPhotographer · PhotographyAnna Berit Wallenberg (19 February 1902 – 4 September 1995) was a Swedish archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, photographer, and philanthropist.
Bianca PitzornoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bianca Pitzorno
Carlos de Sigüenza y GóngoraAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (August 14, 1645 – August 22, 1700), considered one of the first great intellectuals born in the Americas, was the Spanish viceroy of New Spain (Mexico City).
Carlos PellicerAuthor · BooksCarlos Pellicer Cámara (10 January 1897 – 16 February 1977) belonged to the first wave of modernist Mexican poets and was active in the promotion of Mexican art, pictures, and literature.
Catherine FisherAuthor · BooksCatherine Fisher (born 1957) is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults.
Charalambos BourasDesigner · DesignCharalambos Bouras (17 July 193327 July 2016) was a major Greek restoration architect, engineer and professor of architectural history.
Charles Alfred StothardArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Charles Alfred Stothard (1786–1821)
Charles Hamilton SmithIllustrator · IllustrationLieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith, KH, KW, FRS, FLS (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was a British Army officer, artist, naturalist, antiquary and spy.
Charles R. PellegrinoAuthor · BooksCharles R. Pellegrino (born May 5, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several books related to science and archaeology including Her Name, Titanic (1988);
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Clarence Bloomfield MoorePhotographer · PhotographyClarence Bloomfield Moore (January 14, 1852 – March 24, 1936), more commonly known as C.B. Moore, was an American archaeologist and writer.
Constantine Samuel RafinesqueArtist · PaintingsConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (kɔ̃stɑ̃tin(ə) samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts) (22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840) was a French polymath of the early 19th century.
Daniel Garrison BrintonAuthor · BooksDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archeologist, ethnologist, and surgeon.
David RohlPerson · Music memorabiliaThe New Chronology is an alternative chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and other researchers beginning with A Test of Time: The Bible - from…
Désiré CharnayPhotographer · PhotographyClaude-Joseph Désiré Charnay (2 May 182824 October 1915) was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use…
E. A. Wallis BudgeAuthor · BooksSir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 185723 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous…
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Edward Burnett TylorAuthor · Books
Edward DodwellArtist · PaintingsEdward Dodwell (30 November 176713 May 1832) was an Irish painter, traveller and a writer on archaeology.
Edward Frederic BensonAuthor · BooksEdward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and short story writer.
Edward S. MorseAuthor · BooksEdward Morse (disambiguation)Edward Morse
Eigil KnuthArtist · SculptureCount Eigil Knuth (8 August 190312 March 1996) was a Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor (elder statesman) of Danish polar explorers.
Émile Étienne GuimetPerson · Music memorabiliaÉmile Étienne Guimet (emil ɡimɛ; 2 June 183612 October 1918) was a French industrialist, traveler and connoisseur.
Ernst CurtiusAuthor · BooksErnst Curtius (2 September 181411 July 1896) was a German archaeologist, historian and museum director.
Esther JansmaAuthor · BooksEsther Jansma (24 December 1958 – 23 January 2025) was a Dutch writer, poet and academic.
Eugen PetersenAuthor · BooksEugen Adolf Hermann Petersen (16 August 1836 in Heiligenhafen – 14 December 1919 in Hamburg) was a German classical archaeologist and philologist.
Eugène FlandinIllustrator · IllustrationJean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin (15 August 1809 in Naples – 29 September 1889 in Tours), French orientalist, painter, archaeologist, and politician.
Eugène LefébureAuthor · BooksEugène Lefébure (11 November 1838 – 9 April 1908) was a French Egyptologist born in Prunoy.
Félix Marie Charles TexierDesigner · DesignFélix Marie Charles Texier (22 August 1802, Versailles – 1 July 1871, Paris) was a French historian, architect and archaeologist.
Félix ThiollierPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Félix Thiollier (ca.
Francesco InghiramiEngraver · PrintsFrancesco Inghirami (1772–1846) was an Italian archeologist and author.
Francis PenroseDesigner · DesignFrancis Cranmer Penrose FRS (29 October 1817 – 15 February 1903) was a British architect of Cornish parentage, archaeologist, astronomer and sportsman rower.
Franz Christian GauDesigner · DesignFranz Christian Gau (15 June 1790, in Cologne – January 1854, in Paris) was a French architect and archaeologist of German descent.
Franz Theodor KuglerArtist · PaintingsFranz Theodor Kugler (19 January 1808, Stettin – 18 March 1858, Berlin) was an art historian and cultural administrator for the Prussian state.
Fred VargasAuthor · BooksFred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.
Frederick Bligh BondIllustrator · IllustrationFrederick Bligh Bond (30 June 1864 – 8 March 1945), was an English architect, illustrator, archaeologist, psychical researcher and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.
Frederick CatherwoodArtist · PaintingsFrederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya…
Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gottlieb Welcker (4 November 1784 – 17 December 1868) was a German classical philologist and archaeologist.
Georg Friedrich CreuzerAuthor · BooksGeorg Friedrich Creuzer (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkʁɔʏtsɐ]; 10 March 1771 – 6 February 1858) was a German philologist and archaeologist.
Georg StiernhielmAuthor · BooksGeorg Stiernhielm (August 7, 1598 – April 22, 1672) was a Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. He has been called "the father of the Swedish skald art".
George Edward Bonsor Saint MartinArtist · PaintingsGeorge Edward Bonsor Saint Martin (March 30, 1855 – August 1930) was a French-born British historian, painter, and archaeologist who is known for the discovery and study of several sites in…
George GroslierPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Groslier (February 4, 1887 – June 18, 1945) was a French polymath who – through his work as a painter, writer, historian, archaeologist, ethnologist, architect, photographer and…
George Herbert, 5th Earl of CarnarvonPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the…
Gerald GardnerAuthor · BooksGerald Brosseau Gardner (13 June 1884 – 12 February 1964), also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, author, and amateur anthropologist and archaeologist.
Gertrude BellPhotographer · PhotographyGertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.
Giacomo BoniDesigner · DesignGiacomo Boni (25 April 1859 – 10 July 1925) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture. He is most famous for his work in the Roman Forum.
Gian Rinaldo CarliAuthor · BooksGian Rinaldo Carli (11 April 1720 – 22 February 1795), also known by other names, was a Venetian economist, historian, and antiquarian.
Gianfranco RavasiAuthor · Books
Giuseppe OreficiDesigner · DesignGiuseppe Orefici (7 May 1946 – 27 June 2025) was an Italian archaeologist noted for his studies of the Pre-Hispanic civilizations of the Nazca and Rapa Nui cultures.
Giusto FontaniniAuthor · BooksGiusto Fontanini (30 October 1666 in San Daniele del Friuli – 17 April 1736 in Rome) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and historian.
Gottlieb SchumacherAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gottlieb Schumacher
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Guo MoruoAuthor · Books
Gustaf DalmanPhotographer · PhotographyGustaf Hermann Dalman (9 June 1855 – 19 August 1941) was a German Lutheran theologian and orientalist.
Gustaf KossinnaAuthor · BooksGustaf Kossinna (28 September 1858 – 20 December 1931) was a German philologist and archaeologist who was Professor of German Archaeology at the University of Berlin.
Gustav BrühlAuthor · BooksGustav Brühl (born 31 May 1826 in Herdorf, Prussia; died 16 February 1903 in Cincinnati) was an American physician, poet and archaeologist.
Gustav SeyffarthAuthor · BooksGustav Seyffarth (13 July 179617 November 1885) was a German-American Egyptologist, born in Uebigau, in the Electorate of Saxony.
Hans SchleifDesigner · DesignHans Philipp Oswald Schleif (23 February 1902 in Wiesbaden – 27 April 1945 in Berlin) was a German architect, architectural and classical archaeologist and member of the SS (member number…
Heinrich KohlDesigner · DesignHeinrich Kohl (4 May 1877, Kreuznach – 26 September 1914, Moronvilliers) was a German architectural historian and archaeologist.
Henri d'Arbois de JubainvilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
Henri Gadeau de KervillePhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Henri Gadeau de Kerville (1884)
Henry SaltIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Portrait of Henry Salt by John James Halls (c.
Hester StanhopeAuthor · BooksLady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
Ibn WahshiyyaAuthor · BooksIbn Waḥshiyya, died c. 930, was a Nabataean (Aramaic-speaking, rural Iraqi) agriculturalist, toxicologist, and alchemist born in Qussīn, near Kufa in Iraq.
Igor SavitskyArtist · PaintingsIgor Vitalyevich Savitsky (4 August 1915 in Kyiv, Russian Empire – 27 July 1984 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Ukrainian-born painter, archeologist and collector, especially of avant-garde…
Italo GismondiDesigner · DesignIllustration — Gismondi's model of Rome in the time of Constantine
Jacopo StradaArtist · SilverJacopo Strada (Mantua, 1507 – Prague 1588) was an Italian polymath courtier, painter, architect, goldsmith, inventor of machines, numismatist, linguist, collector, and art dealer.
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesAuthor · BooksJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (uklang), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his…
Jacques Ignace HittorffDesigner · DesignIllustration — Jacques Hittorff; portrait by Ingres.
Jagadish Chandra BoseAuthor · BooksSir Jagadish Chandra Bose (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction.
James StuartArtist · PaintingsJames "Athenian" Stuart (1713 – 2 February 1788) was a British archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for publishing carefully measured architectural prints, including the smallest…
Jan CvitkovičPerson · Film memorabiliaJan Cvitkovič (born 1966) is a Slovenian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Ján KollárAuthor · BooksJán Kollár (Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, Lutheran pastor, politician, and major proponent of Pan-Slavism.
Jan PotockiAuthor · BooksCount Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a…
Jane DieulafoyPhotographer · PhotographyJane Dieulafoy (29 June 1851 – 25 May 1916) was a French archaeologist, explorer, novelist, feminist and journalist. She was the wife of Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy.
Jao Tsung-IArtist · Paintings
Jean-Baptiste ViettyArtist · SculptureIllustration — Vietty's Apollino (Musée des Beaux-Arts of Lyon)
Jean-Jacques BarthélemyAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct…
Jean-Jacques BoissardAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Boissard (1528 – 30 October 1602) was an antiquary and Neo-Latin poet.
Jens Jacob Asmussen WorsaaeAuthor · BooksJens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (14 March 1821 – 15 August 1885) was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865–1874).
Johann Gabriel SeidlAuthor · BooksJohann Gabriel Seidl (21 June 1804 – 18 July 1875) was an Austrian archeologist, poet, storyteller and dramatist.
Johann Ludwig BurckhardtAuthor · BooksJohann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist.
Johannes BureusAuthor · BooksJohannes Thomae Bureus Agrivillensis (born Johan Bure; 1568–1652) was a Swedish polymath, antiquarian, mystic, royal librarian, poet, and tutor and adviser of King Gustavus Adolphus of…
Johannes SchefferusArtist · PaintingsJohannes Schefferus (February 2, 1621 – March 26, 1679) was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.
John AubreyAuthor · Books
John Henry HaynesPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Henry Haynes (27 January 1849 – 29 June 1910) was an American traveller, archaeologist and photographer, best known for his work at the first two American archaeological excavations in…
John M. AllegroPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
John SoaneDesigner · DesignSir John Soane (né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style.
John Turtle WoodDesigner · DesignJohn Turtle Wood (13 February 1821 – 25 March 1890) was an English architect, engineer and archaeologist.
José Amador de los RíosArtist · PaintingsJosé Amador de los Ríos y Serrano (30 April 1818 – 17 February 1878) was a Spanish historian, archaeologist, literary critic, and professor.
Joseph Justus ScaligerAuthor · BooksJoseph Justus Scaliger (5 August 1540 – 21 January 1609) was a Franco-Italian philologist and historian, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman…
Juan GalindoArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Juan Galindo
Jules FormigéDesigner · DesignJules Formigé (23 June 1879 – 17 August 1960) was a 20th-century French architect.
Jules QuicheratAuthor · BooksJules Étienne Joseph Quicherat (13 October 1814 – 8 April 1882) was a French historian and archaeologist.
Julius LangbehnAuthor · BooksJulius Langbehn (26 March 1851 – 30 April 1907) was a German national Romantic art historian and philosopher.
Julius LippertAuthor · BooksIllustration — Julius Lippert (1839-1909).
Karl BötticherDesigner · DesignKarl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher (29 May 1806, Nordhausen – 19 June 1889, Berlin) was a German archaeologist who specialized in architecture.
Karl Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
Klaus LeidorfPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Klaus Leidorf
Leon BarszczewskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeon Barszczewski (February 20, 1849 in Warsaw – March 19, 1910 in Częstochowa) was a soldier, topographer, explorer of the Central Asia culture, naturalist, and glaciologer.
Léon de LabordeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Walls of the Konya citadel, built and decorated by Kayqubad I, incorporated many Greco-Roman Classical elements. Léon de Laborde, 1838.
Leopoldo CicognaraArtist · PaintingsCount Leopoldo Cicognara (17 November 1767, in Ferrara – 5 March 1834, in Venice) was an Italian artist, art collector, art historian and bibliophile.

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