1.   It was associated with large waterlogged pits which contained leather offcuts, dung and other organic residues.

2.   Many of the victims were buried in large pits.

3.   They found a large pit where all the dead bodies had been thrown.

4.   Every few days they were starved to death and a new group replenished the camp while the dead were buried in large pits.

5.   Mourners had lovingly dug a large pit and arranged timbers over it to make an impressive pyre.

6.   Remove large pits.

7.   There the Nazis forced their victims to strip, herded them into large pits and shot them to death.

8.   Authorities believe underground seepage from the reservoir loosened the soil, causing a large pit into which the houses tumbled.

9.   Construction crews have been digging a large pit outside the basilica in recent weeks, even though not all building permits have been issued yet.

10.   Standing atop a large pit in a dense wood east of Kiev, a digger delicately pulls out a human skull with a World War II helmet still attached.