Ancient World

George Bass (archaeologist)

George Fletcher Bass (; December 9, 1932 – March 2, 2021) was an American archaeologist. An early practitioner of underwater archaeology, he co-directed the first expedition to entirely excavate an ancient shipwreck at Cape Gelidonya in 1960 and founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology in 1972.

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• ▸Byblos
• ▸Elizabeth Thompson
• ▸Herculaneum

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