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20th-century archaeologists

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Kristján Eldjárn
Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)
Maria Reiche
Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator
Khaled Asaad
Syrian archeologist
Bogdan Filov
Bulgarian politician and archaeologist (1883-1945)
Henrieta Todorova
Bulgarian archaeologist
Grafton Elliot Smith
Australian anatomist (1871–1937)
Natalena Koroleva
Ukrainian writer (1888-1966)
José Leite de Vasconcelos
Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author (1858–1941)
Julio C. Tello
Peruvian archaeologist, discovered the Paracas culture (1880-1947)
Themistocles Zammit
Maltese archaeologist, historian, medical doctor, academic, and writer (1864-1935)
Branka Raunig
archaeologist from Bosnia and Herzegovina
David Rohl
English egyptologist
Niède Guidon
Brazilian archaeologist
Blaga Aleksova
Macedonian archaeologist
Aarne Michaёl Tallgren
Finnish archaeologist and professor (1885–1945)
Harri Moora
Estonian archaeologist (1900–1968)
Walter Alva
Peruvian archaeologist
Dragoslav Srejović
Serbian archaeologist (1931–1996)
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
Iranian archaeologist (1942–2006)
Jean Capart
Belgian egyptologist (1877–1947)
Edi Shukriu
Kosovar political figure
Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi
Nigerian botanist, environmental archaeologist and author (born 1939- 2025)
Glynn Isaac
South African archeologist (1937–1985)
Patricia Vinnicombe
(b.1932 d.2003) South African-born archaeologist
Juan Friede Alter
Ukrainian-Colombian historian
Mieczysław Domaradzki
Polish archaeologist (1949-1998)
Babken Arakelyan
Soviet historian (1912–2004)
Anthonia Fatunsin
Nigerian archaeologist
Yāsamīn Zahrān
Palestinian novelist
Otar Lordkipanidze
Georgian archaeologist (1930–2002)
Carl Fredrik Meinander
Finnish professor or archeology (1916-2004)
Joseph Mertens
Belgian archaeologist (1921-2007)
Georgi Kitov
Bulgarian archaeologist (1943–2008)
Georges Dossin
Belgian archaeologist (1896-1983)
Satyawati Suleiman
Indonesian historian and archaeologist
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
Hellenist and academic
Marcio Veloz Maggiolo
Dominican anthropologist and archaeologist (1936–2021)
Rafael Larco Hoyle
Peruvian archaeologist (1901–1966)
Pavao Anđelić
Bosnian and Yugoslav archaeologist and historian (1920–1985)
Virgínia Rau
Portuguese writer (1907-1973)
Parviz Varjavand
Iranian archaeologist (1934-2007)
Victor Spinei
Romanian historian
Taha Baqir
Iraqi assyriologist, archaeologist (1912–1984)
Marko Vego
Yugoslavian archaeologist (1907–1985)
Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore
archaeologist from Côte d'Ivoire, who is Professor at the Research of Human Society and Science Unit at the University Felix Houphouet-Boigny.
Moshe Stekelis
Israeli archaeologist (1898–1967)
Ezzat Negahban
Iranian archeologist (1926-2009)
Arne Furumark
Swedish art historian and archaeologist (1903–1982)
Peter Garlake
Zimbabwean academic
Paulo Duarte
Brazilian archaeologist and humanist (1899–1984)
Raissa Calza
Ukrainian dancer and archaeologist (1894–1979)
Kim Jeong-hak
South Korean archaeologist
Owen Wilkes
New Zealand entomologist, conservationist and peace campaigner
Josep María Cruxent
Venezuelan anthropologist (1911-2005)
Richard Indreko
Estonian historian (1900–1961)
Henry Lacoste
Belgian architect (1885-1968)
Henri Lavachery
Belgian archeologist (1885-1972)
Rostislav Holthoer
Finnish Egyptologist (1937–1997)
Carlo Anti
Italian archaeologist (1889-1961)
Branko Fučić
Croatian art historian (1920–1999)