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Famous Archeologists - Hiram Bingham
By thorgal on Jun 20, 2009 | In General | Send feedback »
Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. He rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu in 1911.
Bingham was not a trained archaeologist. Yet, it was during B… more »
Famous Archeologists - Gerhard Bersu
By thorgal on Jun 20, 2009 | In General | Send feedback »
Gerhard Bersu (1889 – 1964) was a German archaeologist who excavated widely across Europe.
He was born in Jauer in Silesia and as a teenager joined excavations near Potsdam. In successive years Bersu dug in several European countries and during the Fi… more »
Famous Archeologists - Giovanni Battista Belzoni
By thorgal on Jun 18, 2009 | In General | Send feedback »
Giovanni Battista Belzoni; sometimes known as The Great Belzoni (November 15, 1778 – December 3, 1823) was a prolific Venetian explorer of Egyptian antiquities.
Belzoni was born in Padua as the son of a barber. His family was from Rome and when Belzoni… more »
Famous Archeologists - Ofer Bar-Yosef
By thorgal on Jun 14, 2009 | In General | Send feedback »
Ofer Bar-Yosef (born 1937) is an Israeli archaeologist whose main field of study has been the Palaeolithic period.
He was Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the institution where he originally studied archaeology a… more »
Famous Archeologists - Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
By thorgal on Jun 7, 2009 | In General | Send feedback »
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (February 19, 1900 – January 17, 1975) was one of the most influential Italian archaeologists and art historians of the 20th century.
A Marxist, Bianchi Bandinelli was descended from ancient aristocracy in Siena. His early… more »
