Who is the most famous archaeologist in the world?Seth Jackson (6)

That’s a difficult one….. there are lots of famous archaeologists, some famous because of the great discoveries that they have made and some famous as they have been on television a lot. I expect that some people in Britain might say that Phil Harding is the most famous but I am going to go with someone else who wears a hat – Indiana Jones

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Julian Richards

Julian Richards is best known as the TV archaeologist from Meet the Ancestors and Blood of the Vikings. He loves Stonehenge – and has even written a pop-up book about it!

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