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Excavation

1 Excavation, a 2000 novel by ________

💡 Interesting Facts

  • S. R. Rao led the excavations of Dwaraka — the mythical city of Krishna submerged in the Arabian Sea?
  • over four hundred 4000-year-old carved stone balls have been uncovered in archaeological digs in Scotland?
  • the excavation at Norton Priory, Cheshire, in the 1970s revealed the largest floor of mosaic tiles to be found in any modern excavation?
  • the events in the novel The Dig take place during the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, England?
  • Manuel Gamio conducted the first scientific excavations in the Valley of Mexico?
  • excavations of earthworks conducted in the 19th century revealed evidence of possible Belgic fortifications at the site of Sharsted Court, a manor house near Newnham, Kent, England?
  • archaeological excavations near the Andries DuBois House (pictured) in Wallkill, New York, found evidence that it was built half a century later than previously believed?
  • archaeologist Natalia Polosmak has been banned from her best known excavation, the Ice Maiden (pictured), because of ethnic politics?
  • archaeological digs have greatly expanded knowledge of the history of Swindon, uncovering artefacts from separate Roman, Bronze and Iron Age settlements in the area?
  • archaeological excavation of Titelberg provides evidence of urbanisation in Celtic Luxembourg long before Roman expansion?
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