Exploring the Novel 'Excavation' Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

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S. R. Rao led the excavations of Dwaraka — the mythical city of Krishna submerged in the Arabian Sea.

over four hundred 4000-year-old carved stone balls have been uncovered in archaeological digs in Scotland.

the excavation at Norton Priory, Cheshire, in the 1970s revealed the largest floor of mosaic tiles to be found in any modern excavation.

the events in the novel The Dig take place during the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, England.

Manuel Gamio conducted the first scientific excavations in the Valley of Mexico.

excavations of earthworks conducted in the 19th century revealed evidence of possible Belgic fortifications at the site of Sharsted Court, a manor house near Newnham, Kent, England.

archaeological excavations near the Andries DuBois House (pictured) in Wallkill, New York, found evidence that it was built half a century later than previously believed.

archaeologist Natalia Polosmak has been banned from her best known excavation, the Ice Maiden (pictured), because of ethnic politics.

archaeological digs have greatly expanded knowledge of the history of Swindon, uncovering artefacts from separate Roman, Bronze and Iron Age settlements in the area.

archaeological excavation of Titelberg provides evidence of urbanisation in Celtic Luxembourg long before Roman expansion.

Exploring the Novel 'Excavation'

1 Excavation, a 2000 novel by ________

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