earthen

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What survives of this ancient city today includes two long rows of rectangular earthen mounds, each about a meter high.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

They constructed a 35-mile earthen berm around the city in an attempt to encircle its one million residents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Next to the ruptured dam, another earthen wall is being built in preparation for the resumption of mining operations, according to government officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

According to Yale's HRL, the construction of the earthen wall is ongoing.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

They were reinforced with sandbags, with sheets of corrugated iron, with wooden frames supporting the raised earthen parapets that protected the soldiers from enemy fire.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman