excavation
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The investigation found that the unpermitted excavation degraded sensitive habitats, according to a commission fact sheet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sediment plumes generated by seabed excavation and processing pose significant risks to ecosystems and public health, said marine scientist Bronwen Currie.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
More excavation will be needed before researchers can identify exactly what happened there.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Those still searching are increasingly turning to deeper excavation.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Those kofun that have been excavated contain lavish burial goods, but excavation of all of the largest ones is still forbidden because they are believed to contain the ancestors of the Japanese imperial line.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
They also hope to carry out targeted excavations at both the Devil's Arrows and the newly identified source area.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Restoration work has now begun along with excavations," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
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
Recent excavations at the Hermitage have uncovered evidence of as many as nineteen cabins, some of them smaller “single pens,” one-room cabins.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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