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In excavations that began in 2003, he and his colleagues have unearthed more than 100,000 fossils representing about 100 different species—mostly marine, but also land animals washed out to sea.

A construction team made a shocking discovery at the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday afternoon when they inadvertently unearthed a World War II-era explosive device, authorities said.

An excavation in the 1990s unearthed dozens of medieval graves.

The case was investigated by Cheshire Constabulary's Economic Crime Unit, which unearthed a string of victims and a large amount of luxury goods, and hotel bills.

A string of inquiries over the decades unearthed allegations of corruption.