1.   Archaeologists are working with volunteers, clearing trash, digging for artifacts and planting vineyards and olive groves.

2.   Archaeologists worked alongside firefighters to try to prevent unnecessary damage.

3.   Archaeologists have worked sporadically here for several years, but only began concentrated excavation last winter, after it became clear that the site was about to be lost.

4.   French, Dutch, German and British archaeologists are working with Lebanese colleagues.

5.   Foreign archaeologists have been working for several years on a project to restore the complex, damaged in battles through the last two decades of civil war.

6.   Xinhua said Hunan archaeologists have worked jointly with Japanese colleagues on eight excavation projects.