excavated

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All of the recently excavated footprints are evenly spaced except for one print, which is out of line with the others.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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

Crimea in particular has long been considered a valuable prize, with the Myrmekion site first excavated by Polish archaeologists in the 1950s under the watch of renowned Egyptologist Kazimierz Michalowski.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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

At the base camp the observers were instructed to lay prone in ditches excavated to protect them from the blast, with their feet pointed toward the tower.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik