1920 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1920.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benjamin Mazar</span> Israeli historian and biblical archaeologist (1906-1995)

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1923.

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1916.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sylvanus Morley</span> American archaeologist, epigrapher, Mayanist scholar, and WWI spy for the U.S.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Curaçao Synagogue</span> Synagogue in Willemstad, Curaçao

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Historic synagogues</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomar</span> Town and municipality in Portugal

Tomar, also known in English as Thomar, is a city and a municipality in the Santarém district of Portugal. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an area of 351.20 km2 (135.60 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hammat Tiberias</span> Israeli national park and archaeological site

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Pusilhá is an archaeological site in Belize. The location of this Late Classic Maya urban complex, along the east and west flow of trade, made the city a major transfer point for economic activities in the whole region. In addition, the city gave archaeologists a historical view of a secondary Maya site. Large and extended excavation efforts have changed the overall picture of Maya social and political relationships between larger and smaller cities and challenged the prevailing view of conquest and absorption of smaller cities into the larger cities in the region. The research conducted at Pusilhá began in 1927 and continues to this day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Schwarz (historian)</span> Engineer and historian

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