excavations

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• excavations — n. to carry out archeological excavations * * * to carry out archeological excavations …   Combinatory dictionary

• Excavations at the Temple Mount — Excavations adjacent to Robinson s Arch Robinson s Arch …   Wikipedia

• Excavations at Stonehenge — The first known excavations at Stonehenge were undertaken by Dr William Harvey and Gilbert North in the early 17th century. Both Inigo Jones and the Duke of Buckingham also dug there shortly afterwards. In 1666 the antiquarian John Aubrey could… …   Wikipedia

• excavations — ex·ca·va·tion || ‚ekskÉ™ veɪʃn n. act of hollowing out, act of digging out; act of unearthing, act of laying bare; dig, excavation site (i.e. archeological dig) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Corinth Excavations — Temple of Apollo, Ancient Corinth. The Corinth Excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens began in 1896 and have continued with little interruption until today. Restricted by the modern village of Ancient Corinth, which… …   Wikipedia

• Stenungsund excavations — Archaeological excavations in Stenungsund, Sweden have led to the discovery of a series of burial sites. The sites contained ceramic shards from vessels developed in the Roman Empire, as well as burned bones. The graves, overall, have been dated… …   Wikipedia

• tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction        Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …   Universalium

• archeological excavations — dig designed to recover ancient artifacts, dig conducted for archaeological research …   English contemporary dictionary

• ARCHAEOLOGY — The term archaeology is derived from the Greek words archaios ( ancient ) and logos ( knowledge, discourse ) and was already used in ancient Greek literature in reference to the study of ancient times. In its modern sense it has come to mean the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …   Universalium

• JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …   Encyclopedia of Judaism