excavations
- plural of excavation.
Example Sentences
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Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
But small excavations between 2021 and 2024, brought on by Bolton's chance visit to the cavern, uncovered evidence of both humans and animals over more than 120,000 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Continued excavations and analysis have now extended that timeline.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
Beginning in the 1880s, he funded Hebrew schools there, as well as agricultural settlements and archaeological excavations meant to reconnect Jews to the soil and the ancient Hebrew civilization buried beneath it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Another of the experts, Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, took over the excavations, shouldering Figgins aside.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
