Definition of Excavation
the action of digging up and uncovering an archaeological site
Examples of Excavation in a sentence
After discovering a single relic in the desert sands, a massive excavation was set up to dig up whatever else may have been there. 🔊
Our excavation has uncovered a single dinosaur skeleton, but it took us weeks of digging to do it. 🔊
Pompeii was buried under soot and ash, but a modern excavation revealed what was left of the city after its destruction. 🔊
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