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A few historians have excavated rights in the Middle Ages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Crews have excavated the former Homestake gold mine 5,000 feet underground to install neutrino detectors.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Crews hired by the contractor Kiewit Corp. have excavated an estimated 1 million cubic yards of rock, soil and clay at Iron Gate Dam.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

In past work, Okpebholo and Giddens have excavated the plight of Black Americans to reveal its impact on people.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Archaeologists have excavated hundreds of American sites unequivocally dating to between 2000 and 11,000 B.C., including dozens of Clovis sites in the North American West, rock shelters in the Appalachians, and sites in coastal California.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond