excavation
131Herculaneum — Herculanean, Herculanensian /herr kyeuh leuh nen sheuhn, see euhn/, adj. /herr kyeuh lay nee euhm/, n. an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79; partially excavated …
132mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
