EXCAVATIONS

Meaning of EXCAVATIONS in English

n. to carry out archeological ~

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations. Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям. 2012

EXCAVATIONS — Раскопки
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EXCAVATIONS — Раскопки
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EXCAVATIONS — Раскопа
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PETRIE, SIR (WILLIAM MATTHEW) FLINDERS — born June 3, 1853, Charlton, near Greenwich, London, Eng. died July 28, 1942, Jerusalem British archaeologist who made valuable contributions …
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POTTERY — one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting of objects made of clay and hardened with …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: ARCHAEOLOGY — Eastern Hemisphere. Evidence reported in 1998 from a project in Egypt suggested that humans living approximately 7,000 years ago enjoyed …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: ARCHAEOLOGY — Eastern Hemisphere. In 1997 stone tools from Ethiopia's Gona River were dated to between 2,600,000 and 2,520,000 years ago, which …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: ANTHROPOLOGY-AND-ARCHAEOLOGY — ARCHAEOLOGY Prevailing political turmoil continued to close off the possibility for archaeological fieldwork in many parts of the Old World …
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WHEELER, SIR (ROBERT ERIC) MORTIMER — born , Sept. 10, 1890, Glasgow died July 22, 1976, Leatherhead, near London British archaeologist, noted for his discoveries in …
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UR — modern Tall Al-muqayyar, or Tell El-muqayyar important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer), situated about 140 miles (225 km) southeast …
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SYRIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with two green stars on the white stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
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STABIAE — ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the coast at the eastern end of the Bay of Naples. It was destroyed …
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PITT-RIVERS, AUGUSTUS HENRY LANE-FOX
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PETER THE APOSTLE, SAINT — died c. AD 64, Rome original name Simeon, or Simon disciple of Jesus Christ, recognized in the early Christian church …
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NINEVEH — the oldest and most populous city of the ancient Assyrian Empire, situated on the east bank of the Tigris opposite …
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NALANDA — celebrated Buddhist monastic centre, often spoken of as a university, southwest of Bihar city in northern Bihar state, India. Nalanda's …
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MASPERO, GASTON(-CAMILLE-CHARLES) — born June 23, 1846, Paris died June 30, 1916, Paris French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for …
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MARSHALL, SIR JOHN HUBERT — born March 19, 1876, Chester, Cheshire, Eng. died Aug. 17, 1958, Guildford, Surrey English director general of the Indian Archaeological …
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MARIETTE, AUGUSTE (-FERDINAND-FRANOIS) — born Feb. 11, 1821, Boulogne, Fr. died Jan. 19, 1881, Cairo French archaeologist who conducted major excavations throughout Egypt, revealing …
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JERUSALEM — Hebrew Yerushalayim, Arabic Bayt Al-muqaddas, or Al-quds, ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly in …
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JERICHO — Arabic Ariha town in the disputed West Bank area occupied by Israel since 1967, on the west side of the …
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HERCULANEUM — ancient city of 4,000-5,000 inhabitants in Campania, Italy. It lay 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Naples, at the western …
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HARAPPA — Remains of the artisans' quarter excavated at Harappa, in Pakistan. village on the left bank of a now dry course …
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EGYPTOLOGY — the study of pharaonic Egypt, spanning the period c. 4500 BC to AD 641. Egyptology began when the scholars accompanying …
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EASTER ISLAND — A tuff-carved moai (bust) near the shoreline of Easter Island. The first European to land on Easter Island was the …
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CARNARVON, GEORGE EDWARD STANHOPE MOLYNEUX HERBERT, ... — born , June 26, 1866, Highclere Castle, Berkshire, Eng. died April 5, 1923, Cairo British Egyptologist who was the patron …
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CANAAN — area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. …
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ARGOS — Modern Greek rgos city in the noms (department) of Argolis, northeastern Peloponnese, Greece. It lies just north of the head …
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ANATOLIA — Turkish Anadolu, also called Asia Minor, the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asiatic portion of Turkey. Because of …
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ALBRIGHT, W.F. — born May 24, 1891, Coquimbo, Chile died Sept. 19, 1971, Baltimore, Md., U.S. in full William Foxwell Albright American biblical …
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