11.   Recent excavations have explored a black cemetery in New York City, a black settlement in early Massachusetts and various material remains of slavery in the South.

12.   Some of the objects have come to light in recent excavations, have never traveled West before and will come as a surprise even to scholars.

13.   Spurred by recent archeological excavations in Turkey, prehistoric and ancient Mesopotamian artworks are increasingly visible in museums and the marketplace.

14.   Two additional boat graves were found during the most recent excavations.

15.   The recent excavation of the bodies of girls allegedly killed by a child pornography ring in Belgium added urgency to the effort.

16.   The site is not known, but recent excavations have revealed the palace grounds reached as far as the waterfront abutting the new library.

17.   Recent excavations at the site, Radiation Hill, found damaged nuclear waste containers.