Archaeologists Quadruple Their Popularity Every September. Why?

Archaic Inquiries
Nov 8 · 4 min read

I was being a nerd and looking at Google Trends when I noticed something weird. Every September there is a massive spike in Google searches for archaeologists.

Searchs for “archaeologist”

Note that on the scale, 100 is maximum interest. And interest rapidly approaches peak Google searching in September. That is, every September, people suddenly Google “archaeologist” four to five

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