Lateral Thinking Puzzles

31. The Archaeoligist

An archaeologist finds two well-preserved bodies under much rock. He knows immediately who these two people are. Who are they and why?

Submitted by zozee · Added 11 September 2013

Solution:

The two bodies are Adam and Eve. The archaeologist sees they have no belly buttons—because they were never born and thus never had umbilical cords—so he can immediately identify them.


Comments (16)

Senor Coolguy 14 September 2013

Perhaps a rockslide occurred during an archaeology excursion and crushed two archaeologists under a pile of heavy stones, killing the workers instantly. A third archaeologist who had been working a few hundred yards away heard the commotion and starting running, only to find his two friends under the enormous pile of boulders.

adambistro 22 October 2013

Adam and Eve, because they have no belly buttons

V7Theory 1 November 2013

Easy: His neighbors.

There was a massive earthquake the day before and they were listed as missing. In an attempt to save the couple who were lost in the debris, the neighborhood banded together to save the couple by digging them out. This particular helper (the archaeologist) was particular buff and at the forefront of the excavating. Their last words were heard hours earlier, meaning they had just passed away and well preserved. His career, although ironically related to the scenario in a way, had nothing to do with him finding them. Also, the couple was found to have bags of sponges all over their house, why?

ValhallaStarfire 14 November 2013

Guys, I don't think that the bodies would be well-preserved after being crushed.
I have a theory that those two people were definitely doing some exploring. And I have a theory that they were well-preserved in a setting much more cold, like ice. Perhaps they were finding evidence of something or another in a cave when there was a sudden cave-in, trapping them inside. Eventually, they died of starvation, but the cold environment kept them well-preserved. After a set of days when other archaeologists started to get worried, they sent a few more people to see what's up. There, they stumbled upon the cave-in and cleared the rock off the entrance.

prk82 18 November 2013

It said who it was on the tombstone

brookelfriesen 23 December 2013

the bodies are of a dinosaur

brookelfriesen 23 December 2013

or caveman

buzzbot 30 December 2013

He was working near a rock face with his 2 best friends when a rockslide hit his friends he attempted to rescue them but they were already dead.

Nsj 4 February 2014

They were adam and eve and they didn't have belly buttons.

Scarface37 3 March 2014

they were working with cement when two of them got trapped

jsmith 10 March 2014

Perhaps they were a Pharaoh and her husband.

cassidy 21 April 2014

The bodies being carefully preserved and the archaeologist being able to identify the bodies makes me want to think that the archaeologist has got to do something with the bodies. May be he is the one who buried them there.

maaronson92 30 April 2014

He was buried under there with them originally. They are his fellow archeologists

Gazza 6 May 2014

Well preserved - not dead? Just aged well? Could be his parents, they are on a vacation dig together under a pyramid.

krish 3 July 2014

It was a pyramid and the pharoh's and his wife's name was inscribed on the central chamber, where the bodies lie in peace

bedead 7 June 2018

Adam and Eve, they had no belly button :lol:

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