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The architects also discovered remains of American Indian pottery fragments that the windmill had been built upon.

The mosque, they claimed, had been built upon the site of the Hindu deity Rama's birth, after destroying a glorious temple that honoured him.

He said the university's reputation for excellence had been "built upon the expertise and commitment of the staff over many years".

It had been built upon foundations of sand and stone, parts of which were simply washed away by the rain and engineers had to be called in to reinforce the structure with concrete blocks.

"When we got in there and started peeling away the layers that had been built upon it, we were amazed to see how much of the original house had survived," said Mr. Saint, an art and antiques dealer and builder.

The other two patents, which the older cases had been built upon, were instead focused on patents expiring in 2018.

Much of the region's key infrastructure has been built upon low-lying wetlands that have been filled in.

It was far from perfect for Palestinians, but it was a proposal that, with the right approach, could have been built upon and widened.

Both experiences are responses to the same existential problem: a life that has been built upon foundations as faulty as Venice's, an unfulfilling job, a failed relationship.

Cleverman Like The Code, this drama jabs at Australians' justified guilt about what their 21st-century society has been built upon.

His achievements with England have been built upon by yet another Zimbabwean coach, Andy Flower, whose low-key partnership with Strauss dates back to early 2009.