ocr: Archaeologists and Egyptologists An archaeologist is a person who studies the evidence left by people of the past to leamn more about their lives and cultures. Archaeologists often dig underground, since most evidence has been covered up by soil. Archaeologists carefully examine the objects they find. Each object is brushed off, photographed, and recorded. Archaeologists keep notes on where each object was found. They have instruments that can help how the Ancient Egyptians lived, and measure how old each object is. our knowledge is increasing all the time. An Egyptologist studies how people S ...