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
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
A recent satellite image shows the extent of the excavations for the underground section, which the president has said will be three-storeys deep.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
It's thought they would have used some of the 95 caves along the Gower Peninsula facing the Bristol Channel, where stone tools have been found during excavations.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
However, archaeological excavations, and scrutiny of descriptions left by the very first European explorers on our coasts, now suggest an initial number of around 20 million Indians.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
