excavated

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Archaeologists excavated a 6-square-meter area near the cave entrance and identified four distinct layers of human activity.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

They also analyzed cremated remains from sites in Central Germany, including Kuckenburg and Esperstedt, which were excavated by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

In a practice that ought to inspire progressives, those farmers deepened the delta channels and spread over their surrounding farmland the rich silt they excavated or used it to reinforce the levees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Outside, in the space the garden formerly occupied beyond the terrace, the area has been excavated to sit a level deeper, sunken into the earth.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern