Excavations made in 1879 and 1880 led to the discovery of the remains of this station, arranged round three sides of a courtyard some 100 ft. square, including traces of baths and other buildings, and a massive embanking wall above them, some 150 ft. in length, to protect them from landslips, while a discharge certificate ( tabula honestae missionis ) of sailors who had served in the Ravenna's fleet was found in some ruins here or hereabouts.

Excavations in the Antigua Guatemala Urías and Rucal, have yielded stratified materials from the Early and Middle Preclassic periods ( 2000 BC to 400 BC ).

Excavations at Mathura revealed many Jain statues from the time of the Kushan Empire.

Excavations in Alby, Sweden, adjacent to the Stora Alvaret have yielded elk antlers in wooden hut remains from 6000 BC, indicating some of the earliest elk hunting in northern Europe.

Excavations in 1997-98 revealed remains dating from the Roman, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman periods.

Excavations from 1922 to 1934 were funded by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania and led by the archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.

Excavations were also made below the royal tombs layer: a-thick layer of alluvial clay covered the remains of earlier habitation, including pottery from the Ubaid period, the first stage of settlement in southern Mesopotamia.

Excavations found imported fabrics from England, Byzantium, Persia and central Asia.

Excavations have unearthed a Muslim necropolis and a mosque from the 12th century next to a Norman castle.

* Open Context, " Petra Great Temple Excavations ( Archaeological Data )", Open Context Publication of Archaeological Data from the 1993-2006 Brown University Excavations at the Great Temple of Petra, Jordan

Excavations at Llanmaes, Vale of Glamorgan, indicate a settlement and " feasting site " occupied from the Late Bronze Age until the Roman occupation.

Excavations suggest that all the male children from the wealthier families of Mesopotamia were educated.

Excavations at nearby Thracian sites have shown uninterrupted occupation from the 7th to the 4th century and close commercial relations with the colony.

Excavations have revealed settlements in the area dating from the Early Neolithic, possibly Mesolithic periods.

Excavations during the mid 19th century revealed a Norman stone pillar and a number of coffins from the period.

Excavations from this archeological site in the 1950s revealed mammoth bones with embedded Clovis points, providing evidence of the hunting activities of Paleo-Indians some 13, 000 years ago.

Excavations at Tell al-Rimah have revealed brick domical vaults from about 2000 BC.

Excavations in the town centre in 1985 found an Iron Age hillfort dating from the early 4th century BC.

It has been suggested that this is an earlier 15th-century structure, dating from the reign of James I. Excavations within this building in 1998 revealed burials, suggesting that this may have been the site of a church or chapel.

Excavations by the Dubai Museum in the region of Al-Jumayra ( Jumeirah ) found several artifacts from the Umayyad period.

Excavations begun in 1989 at Faraglioni have unearthed what was a large prehistoric village dating from the 14th to the 13th century BC.

Excavations yielded discoveries of brick wall structures, precious metals and pottery from southern Cambodia and Vietnam.

Excavations of this monument have produced Roman artifacts dating from the 1st-3rd centuries.

Excavations were underway in Babylon, Uruk, Assur, Miletus, Priene and Egypt, and objects from these sites could not be properly displayed within the existing German museum system.

Excavations in 2006 at St Martin-in-the-Fields revealed a Roman grave, suggesting the site had sacred significance.

* Porat, Leea ( 2006 ): Akko, the aqueduct, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 118.

* Mazar, Amihai, Excavations at Tel Beth Shean 1989-1996, Volume I: From the Late Bronze Age IIB to the Medieval Period, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society / Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2006.

Excavations at the site in 2006 led to the discovery of a grave dated about 410.

Excavations were renewed in June 2006 by a consortium of institutions under the direction of Steve Ortiz ( Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ) and Sam Wolff ( Israel Antiquities Authority ).

* Hendrik ( Enno ) Bron ( 2006 ): Sasa, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 118

* Excavations at St Pancras Burial Ground 2002-2004 British Archaeology magazine ( April 2006 )

* Hanaa Abu -‘ Uqsa ( 2007 ): El-Kabri Final Report, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 119.

* Howard Smithline ( 2007 ): Tel Kabri Final Report, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 119.

Excavations on the site are planned to continue until 2007.

* Mazar, A. and Mullins, Robert ( eds ), Excavations at Tel Beth Shean 1989-1996, Volume II: The Middle and Late Bronze Age Strata in Area R, Jerusalem: IES / HUJ, 2007.

* Getzov, Nimrod ( 2007 ): Hittin, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 119

* Gregory Seriy ( 2007 ): ‘ Iraq Suweidan Final Report, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 119.

Excavations in 2007 revealed that the complex covers several hectares.

* Excavations reveal ancient civilization with a sense of style Ekathimerini. com November 16, 2007

* Tell Qasile Final Report, by Etan Ayalon, 23 / 7 / 2007, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, # 119

2007: Pistiros III, Excavations and Studies, Prague.