Fun Facts
  • Did you know that archaeologists do not dig up dinosaurs? We study past human cultures.
  • Being an archaeologist often means you get to travel all over the world.
  • Did you know that archaeologists do not keep what they dig up? Everything gets put into museums for further study, or given back to the living descendants of that culture.
  • Archaeology is studied in many countries worldwide, and is seen as an important way to understand the past.
  • Archaeology gives grown ups a chance to play in the dirt.
  • You may know a famous archaeologist from the movies... his name is Indiana Jones!
  • Archaeologists study things as big as pyramids and as little as anicent pollen spores.

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