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At their peak they produced 12% of the world's copper; by the mid-1970s 700,000 tonnes were being dug out in northern Zambia every year.
Large sections of the road were being dug up and resurfaced to smooth out any remaining potholes and ruts, to ease the riders' passage.
He noted that grave sites were being dug up and the artifactstaken from them sold for pennies on the black market.
Kaufman – whose collaborations with Hart, including The Man Who Came to Dinner, had guaranteed their success – visited the site when the foundations were being dug and again when the house was finished.
North Korea last year accused Washington of ignoring its offer to discuss repatriating "lots of U.S. remains" that were "being dug out and scattered here and there in our country".
And in cases where poachers excavate an entire skeleton and spirit it away to illicit entrepreneurs or collectors, it is as if the bones, buried for millions of years, were being dug up only to be hidden away again in private collections.
Mass graves are being dug up, as well.
Even as crypts are being dug and the dead buried, life buzzes around the cemetery.
"Everyone is telling us the hole is being dug for the PC," he said.
"Yes, pipes are being dug up, but it's a slow progress.
