archeologist

British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)

German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)

United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)

German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)

English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)

Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)

British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)