Excavations starting in 1967 at the site called Akrotiri under the late Professor Spyridon Marinatos have made Thera the best-known " Minoan " site outside of Crete, the homeland of the culture.

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 are underway in the Ottoman kilns where the historic Nycean tileware were made.

Excavations, made here by Dr. Thomas Gann in the mid 1930s, uncovered polychrome stucco portrait heads.

Excavations at the road have showed that it was made from compacted gravel, never having a paved surface.

* Excavations made at Meroë by Giuseppe Ferlini

Excavations have only been made casually, though remains of buildings and of roads can be traced, and also an extensive system of underground passages perhaps connected with the defences of the place.

Excavations from Melissani, made under Spyridon Marinatos.

Excavations in 1972 on the west side of the hill revealed the remains of a large rectangular structure ( 15m x 41 m ) with 2m thick walls made out of rubble stone with ashlar facing.

Excavations carried out in 1991 showed that the mound had been raised as a series of level terraces with retaining walls made of nearly intact amphorae filled with shards to anchor them in place.

Excavations of Effigy Mound Builders ' village sites indicated they lived in small nomadic groups, hunted, fished, gathered fruits and nuts, fashioned tools of stone, wood, bone and copper, made pottery and may have been the first people in Wisconsin to use the bow and arrow.

Excavations have recovered pre-Buddhist artifacts, gold necklaces, precious stone images of elephants, turtles and lions, distinctive Pyu pottery, terracotta tablets with writing that strongly resembled the Pyu script, and various kinds of acid-etched onyx beads along with others made of amber and jade.

Excavations in 1949 following the discovery of the site by Aizawa Tadahiro confirmed the existence of two cultural strata, one of which contained small tools such as Projectile points and blades made of obsidian and agate.

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 have demonstrated that it was the ability of the Nabataeans to control the water supply that led to the rise of the desert city, creating an artificial oasis.

Excavations on Glastonbury Tor, undertaken by a team led by Philip Rahtz between 1964 and 1966, revealed evidence of Dark Age occupation around the later medieval church of St. Michael: postholes, two hearths including a metalworker's forge, two burials oriented north-south ( thus unlikely to be Christian ), fragments of 6th century Mediterranean amphorae ( vases for wine or cooking oil ), and a worn hollow bronze head which may have topped a Saxon staff.

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

* Excavations at Jericho led by Kathleen Kenyon begin ( continues to 1958 ).

Excavations began in 1900 by Friedrich Delitzsch, and were continued in 1903-1913 by a team from the German Oriental Society led initially by Robert Koldewey and later by Walter Andrae.

Excavations on the site by a team led by the University of Sheffield, support an estimate of a community of several thousand, thought to be the largest one of its age in north-west Europe.

Excavations at Bilske Horodyshche ( Більське городище ) near the village of Belsk near Poltava in Ukraine have led to suggestions by archaeologist Boris Shramko and others identifying it as the Scythian capital Gelonus.

Excavations led by Pei in 1966 unearthed a premolar and two pieces of skull fragment, these were discovered to match fragments retained from previous excavations in 1934 and 1936, and the only extant example of a nearly complete skullcap was pieced together.

Excavations, led by Josef Poulík, unearthed the remnants of twelve churches, a palace, and more than 2, 500 graves ( three containing African skeletons ) ( including a horse burial ).

Excavations carried on in 1891 led to the discovery of the northern portion of the western town wall, which in one section served at the same time as an embankment against floods — it was apparently more conspicuous in the time of Philipp Cluver, ( Sicilia antiqua, Leiden, 1619 ) p. 133 — of an extensive necropolis, about 1500 tombs of which have been explored, and of a deposit of votive objects from a temple.

Excavations on the Roman site in 1775 and following years led to the discovery of the baths, a theatre, a basilica and other buildings.

Excavations were launched at Berenike in 1994 by a team of archaeologists from the University of Delaware led by Prof. Steven E. Sidebotham, with partners from several other institutions and continued until 2001.

Excavations immediately began at the site, led by Fr.

Excavations in the location Genitsari near Vitsa led to the discovery of a settlement possibly of the Tymphaeans or the Molossians dated to the 9th until the 4th century BC.

Excavations commenced on the same spot by a team from Gaziantep Museum led by director Rifat Ergeç uncovered a Roman villa and magnificent mosaic pavements.

Excavations began in 1992, led by George Hourmouziadis, professor of prehistoric archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

* Excavations at Ur by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania led by Leonard Woolley begin.

* Excavations at Assur are continued by a team from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft led initially by Robert Koldewey ( continue until 1913 ).

* Excavations of the henge at Balfarg in Scotland, led by Roger Mercer, begin.

Excavations and archeological studies of the cave have led to the discovery of ancient artworks, jugs and pitchers dating back to 12, 000 years ago.

Excavations near Mound 34 from 2002 – 2010 have revealed a copper workshop, although the one of a kind discovery had been previously found in the 1950s by archaeologist Greg Perino but lost for 60 years.

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 were once again carried out in 1978 by Atkinson and John Evans during which they discovered the remains of the Stonehenge Archer in the outer ditch, and in 1979 rescue archaeology was needed alongside the Heel Stone after a cable-laying ditch was mistakenly dug on the roadside, revealing a new stone hole next to the Heel Stone.

Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals.

Excavations in the area of " Bolobok Cave " on Sanga-Sanga Island, Tawi-Tawi Province, have shown the remains of humans dwelling there about 4, 000 years ago.

Excavations by Essex County Council field archaeological unit at the recent Maltings Lane development discovered evidence of Neolithic occupation of Witham including human remains and several trackways across ancient marsh.

Excavations of the Witham Lodge ( Ivy Chimneys ) area of the town unveiled remains of a Roman temple in the 1970s as well as a pottery kiln.

Excavations undertaken during the restoration of the church in the 1970s uncovered the fragmentary walls and foundation stones of two earlier buildings contained within the footprint of the remains of a Norman-era church which was built circa 1140.

Excavations in the market place in 1979 uncovered the remains of a small Anglo-Saxon settlement of eighth century date.

Excavations in the 1970s showed that much of the original stonework remains within the 18th-century defences.

Excavations in El Mina revealed skeletal remains of ancient wolves, eels, and gazelles, part of the ancient southern port quay, grinding mills, different types of columns, wheels, Bows, and a necropolis from the end of the Hellenistic period.

Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals.

Excavations have revealed a large amount of Jōmon period pottery, stone tools and other remains.

Excavations in this area have revealed fragmentary remains which may be part of a separate kitchen for the richer meat diet allowed to the residents of the infirmary.

Indeed, the siting of the Saxon Guildhall here was probably due to the amphitheatre's remains Excavations by MOLAS in 2000 at the entrance to Guildhall Yard exposed remains of the great 13th-century gatehouse built directly over the southern entrance to the Roman amphitheatre, which raises the possibility that enough of the Roman structure survived to influence the siting not only of the gatehouse and Guildhall itself but also of the church of St Lawrence Jewry whose strange alignment may shadow the elliptical form of the amphitheatre beneath.

Excavations of these earthworks in 1956 revealed a series of peasant enclosures and hut remains dating from the 9th to the 12th century, but no evidence of a manorial farmstead was found.

Excavations carried out before the flooding of Chew Valley Lake also uncovered Roman remains, indicating agricultural and industrial activity from the second half of the 1st century until the 3rd century AD.

Excavations at Kadesh conducted by Dr Rudolph Cohen ( former head of the Israeli Antiquities Service ) during the Israeli occupation of Sinai following the 1967 war uncovered copious remains of the Middle Bronze I period ( sometimes known as Intermediate Bronze Age ), which were also found at numerous other sites in the Negev.

Excavations at Caerwent have revealed remains and everyday objects from the post-Roman period.

Excavations in 1982-87 revealed an extensive graveyard as well as the remains of Magnus Bareleg's original wooden fort.

Excavations during renovation work ( under the former Rector John Hall ) on the church revealed Anglo-Saxon remains, including a skeleton, indicating that it was used as a sacred site before the Christian church was established here.

Excavations were carried out on Indur, but with no remains found at the site it was largely ruled out as being ancient Endor.