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Now, a team of Ukrainian and U.S. archaeologists is surveying another category of destruction: damage to Ukraine’s archaeological heritage, much of which remains underground, often unexcavated and undocumented.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2023

Men and women watched rescue workers from the rooftops, shouting out advice as teams drilled cautiously through unexcavated rooms.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2023

With about 37,312 houses destroyed by the quake, according to Haitian authorities, and many of those still unexcavated, the death toll is expected to rise.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021

The project involves excavating and securing more than two miles of earth that border an unexcavated area of the ancient city.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2018

Almost wholly unexcavated since its discovery, the Calakmul we came to lay swathed in dry, scrubby vegetation that crawled like a swarm of thorns up its two huge pyramids.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann