1.   DuPont officials later responded that the company had excavated the area and uncovered only a few empty barrels.

2.   To save the points from being buried under asphalt, the state hired Centennial to excavate the area and pick up the artifacts to study the ancient people.

3.   Working with the State Historic Preservation Office, however, a plan was devised to excavate the area and route the pipeline through the site, Flumerfelt said.

4.   Finally, the government agreed last week to excavate the areas in the presence of international observers.

5.   Heartened by the dramatic rescue, workers said they would use hand tools to excavate the area.

6.   In Seoul, U.S. and South Korean officials began field research Monday to excavate an area at Seoul National University Hospital this week.

7.   The Israel Antiquities Authority has had three months to excavate the area, which is part of a larger archaeological site.

8.   Work has been slowed because of the need to use hand tools to excavate some areas where heavy machinery could have injured any survivors still trapped below.