Sentence examples for first excavated from inspiring English sources

The site is a rock shelter first excavated in the early 1930s; excavation continued in the 1960s and early '70s.

The site was first excavated by a French team in 1922; Yale joined the excavation in 1929.

The monument, whose name translates as the mound in the dark grove, was first excavated in 1865 and heavily reconstructed in the 1920s, but excavations over the last three summers – with members of the public joining archaeologists – are unveiling 5,000 years of human activity in the landscape.

The house was first excavated by the team two years ago.

The archaeologists who first excavated the Aubrey holes identified impressions of organic containers — leather bags, probably — in the soil.

Protected by a rusty padlocked gate, Macrinus's tomb was targeted by thieves after it was first excavated in 2008.

Mr. Barlow went to work on the house, first excavating the foundation away from the hill, so that rainwater would stop pouring into the cellar.

Breakthrough patterns for herbicide concentrations in water samples during the first 20 h after simulated runoff showed peak concentrations in the first 6 h, with gradual tailing as the herbicide pulse was diluted in the second, excavated (deeper) cell.

The tortoise starts a 'burrowing cascade', by first excavating a larger burrow that may extend 10 m, which is then re-engineered by Florida Mice (Podomys floridanus) and other rodents that dig smaller side-burrows and pockets.

It was as if a second city were buried underneath the first, and excavated each night.

We recently opened a new exhibition there which explores both the site's archaeology and history, including for the first time, excavated artefacts.