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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of excavate.

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Examples

  • A large-brimmed black silk hat with a strap of fiber, wood, gold and semiprecious stones, excavated from a Yuan tomb, is the only known example of the type worn by Mongol emperors.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • A large-brimmed black silk hat with a strap of fiber, wood, gold and semiprecious stones, excavated from a Yuan tomb, is the only known example of the type worn by Mongol emperors.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • The 10th Street Overlook, an eight-acre hill created with landfill excavated from the construction of the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, could be the site of a multilevel parking facility, hidden from view by stores along Maine.

    The emerging Southwest: Transformation underway Derek Kravitz 2010

  • The 10th Street Overlook, an eight-acre hill created with landfill excavated from the construction of the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, could be the site of a multilevel parking facility, hidden from view by stores along Maine.

    The emerging Southwest: Transformation underway Derek Kravitz 2010

  • A large-brimmed black silk hat with a strap of fiber, wood, gold and semiprecious stones, excavated from a Yuan tomb, is the only known example of the type worn by Mongol emperors.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • The diamond is said to have been excavated from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India.

    Hope Iv | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • A large-brimmed black silk hat with a strap of fiber, wood, gold and semiprecious stones, excavated from a Yuan tomb, is the only known example of the type worn by Mongol emperors.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • Hundreds of prehistoric insects and other creatures have been discovered in a large haul of amber excavated from a coalmine in western India.

    Prehistoric creatures discovered in huge Indian amber haul Ian Sample 2010

  • It was excavated from a site in southern Utah, and it is the most completely known skeleton of the entire family of therizinosaurs.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • It was excavated from a site in southern Utah, and it is the most completely known skeleton of the entire family of therizinosaurs.

    Boing Boing 2008

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