Michael Sinclair Sanders

{{Short description|British archaeologist (born 1939)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

Michael Sinclair Sanders (born 1939) is a British amateur archaeologist.{{Cite web |last=Gottlieb |first=Jeff |date=2001-03-03 |title=To Biblical Experts, He's a Voice in the Wilderness |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-ca-32507-story.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} He is known for having searched for famous biblical sites, such as Sodom and Gomorrah,{{Cite web |date=2001-08-10 |title=Making a soup out of Sodom |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/making-a-soup-out-of-sodom/164348.article?storyCode=164348§ioncode=26 |url-access=registration |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=James D. |date=2001-03-09 |title=Search For Lost Cities Futile, Frustrating |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2001/03/09/search-for-lost-cities-futile-frustrating/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725001110/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2001-03-09/lifestyle/0103130234_1_dead-sea-sodom-gomorrah |archive-date=2011-07-25 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Sun Sentinel |language=en-US}} and famous objects, like the Lost Ark of the Covenant.{{Cite news |last=Ungoed-Thomas |first=Jon |date=1998-09-06 |title=Lost Ark of Covenant located, scholar claims |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-lost-ark-of-covenant-lo/172543256/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The Toronto Star |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Douglas |date=1998-09-07 |title=US scholar says Ark of the Covenant buried in PA-controlled area |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-17059239.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103084223/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-17059239.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 |work=Jerusalem Post |via=HighBeam Research}}