Example sentences for: excavations

How can you use “excavations” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Excavations of tombs have also been fruitful and the museum displays some beautiful clay sarcophagi.

  • The chief attraction is in the basement, where excavations have uncovered the foundations, including sculptures, walls, a bathing pool, and cemeteries filled with the Romans and Visigoths who once inhabited the city.

  • Excavations began in 1930; part of the main building has been unearthed and certain parts have been rebuilt (using obviously new materials to differentiate these sections from the original ones).

  • Recent excavations in downtown Beijing show that it was inhabited over 20,000 years ago, but the place made little stir until the Warring States period (fifth to third centuries b.c.) when, known as Jicheng, it became the capital of the Kingdom of Yan.

  • All that remains of the castle are the bases of four huge turrets (12th–13th century) and some excavations.


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