Option 1 -> While archaeologists do excavate burial sites, this literal interpretation doesn't capture the cynical dismissiveness implied.
Option 2 -> The passage makes no reference to funding or financial concerns about archaeological research.
Option 3 -> The text clearly states they searched for "antiquities" for historical value, not treasure, and the archaeologist "wanted neither food, roof or riches."
Option 4 -> The term "grave-diggers" used by cynics suggests they viewed archaeology as lowly, useless work—mere digging with no real value or purpose.
Hence, Option 4 -> Cynics are people who dismiss the value of things, and calling archaeologists "grave-diggers" was their way of belittling the profession, implying it was pointless manual labor rather than valuable scholarly work uncovering history -> correct