We finally found Skorret at the bottom of one of the excavation pits.

The light came from an excavation pit.

A man in overalls stepped out of the excavation pit, peered into the darkness at them and called: "Is that you up there, boss?"

For 15 hours they had worked in the shadow of an unsupported brick wall that loomed over their excavation pit.

As those excavation pits grew ever larger, other men carried the dirt to the site of the ramp.

The monitor showed a view of the excavation pit as seen from the upper promenade deck.

He reached the edge of the excavation pit and hesitated.

The palaeontologists believe they have found one of the biggest sites of dinosaur remains from a massive excavation pit.

At the monastery, a large crowd was standing around at the top of grid four, looking down into the excavation pit.

Three of the excavation pits, with skeletons and pottery left in situ, are on display in the village.