People
Archaeologists
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Person · Central Anatolia
James Mellaart
James Mellaart, the British archaeologist who identified Neolithic Çatalhöyük in 1958 and excavated it in the 1960s, and whose forgeries later cast…
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Person · Şanlıurfa
Klaus Schmidt
Klaus Schmidt, the German archaeologist who recognized Göbeklitepe in 1994 and led its excavation until 2014, uncovering the world's oldest known monumental…
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Person · Mediterranean
Halet Çambel
Halet Çambel, the Turkish archaeologist and Olympic fencer who refused to meet Hitler in 1936, excavated Karatepe, founded Turkey's first open-air museum…
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Person · Çanakkale
Heinrich Schliemann
Heinrich Schliemann, the German businessman and US citizen who dug at Troy, found Priam's Treasure and became the most controversial excavator of…
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Person · Istanbul
Osman Hamdi Bey
Osman Hamdi Bey, painter of The Tortoise Trainer and founder of the Istanbul Archaeology Museums: archaeologist, museum pioneer and first mayor of…
