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But what is the differ- can earn by selling excavated artefacts, their own private collections. Some say ence between those two professions? When thinking about an archaeologist, s treasure hunting I pxlowaoie no skarby significantly I macotto we tend to imagine a middle-aged pro- Iodine I nurkorsaf to gather I gromadaif fessor wearing an old-fashioned suit to reappear I pojawiak sig pontwnre post I tu: dawn y. z przeszboici standing in the middle of some kind of depths I ttbrny to shape I ksztalttuai desert. However, archaeology differsyjg priceless I beocenny scientist I naukawioc jjjçyntl from that Indiana Jones-like ancient I starozytny to seem wydawaf siy image. The main idea behind the mis- apart from I poza item I rzecz, przedmixt sloe of archaeology is based on to explore I badat, odkrywaf, ekoplorowaf valuable I cenny ypyg knowledge of pgyp civilizations and run. I ktntra source I bridin events that have yipgpgd our world as we neither,..nor I aviani knowledge I wiedza see it now. Archaeologists are scientists, to tend to I mief tend encjq do, skianiaf sig ku a instead I w zamiun, zamiast They have been taught how to catalogue middle-aged I w i red nim wiets to earn I zanahiaf and analyse. What for us may seem an old-fashioned I starxmndny excavated I wydobyty unimportant old jggppy, for them may be however I jednakie artefact I urtefakt kultury matvrrolnej a valuable source of knowledge, to differ from I r6onie siq to excavate I wydubywti, wyktpywai English Matters 3612t12 www.diako.ir that non-professionals are a threat to who deliberately disobeys the law may the area of the English Channel. How- the scientific value of the artefacts, as be fined or even imprisoned. ever, there have been many controver- they are not educated enough to gggo- sies concerning their work. In 2007, the nize the value of their discoveries. On Marine Exploration and company excavated numerous artefacts the other hand, many archaeological UNESCO Supervision from the shipwreck of the Spanish frig- enterprises are underfunded and pri- When one finds an artefact in the ate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes vate (often more affluent) enthusiasts soil, the owner of the land is usually that sank in 1804 near Gibraltar. Then may in fact have better equipment, the one who owns the right to it. But they transported them, without report- which, of course, does not always equal what happens when treasure is found ing the find to anyone, to America.