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archaeology in Arabic

عِلْمُ الآثَار ʕilmu l-ʔāṯār

UK/ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi//ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

archaeology in Arabic: عِلْمُ الآثَار (ʕilmu l-ʔāṯār), آثَار (ʔāṯār), عِلْمُ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَة (ʕilmu l-ʔāṯāri l-qadīma). In English, archaeology means the study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

Arabic words for archaeology

scientific study of past remains
عِلْمُ الآثَار ʕilmu l-ʔāṯār, آثَار ʔāṯār, عِلْمُ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَة ʕilmu l-ʔāṯāri l-qadīma

English meaning of archaeology

  1. noun The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
  2. noun The actual excavation, examination, analysis, and interpretation.
  3. noun The actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
  4. noun The academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.

Full definition of archaeology

archaeology in a sentence

  • The building's developers have asked for some archaeology to be undertaken.
  • The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.
  • She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University.

archaeology in other languages

Questions about archaeology in Arabic

What is the meaning of archaeology in Arabic?
Archaeology in Arabic is عِلْمُ الآثَار (ʕilmu l-ʔāṯār), آثَار (ʔāṯār), عِلْمُ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَة (ʕilmu l-ʔāṯāri l-qadīma).
ما معنى كلمة archaeology؟
Archaeology: عِلْمُ الآثَار (ʕilmu l-ʔāṯār), آثَار (ʔāṯār), عِلْمُ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَة (ʕilmu l-ʔāṯāri l-qadīma).
What does archaeology mean in English?
Archaeology means the study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archaeology (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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