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Recent Examples of unearthed
Archaeologists in southern Germany have unearthed a rare, octagonal Bronze Age sword worthy of legend.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany's larger states.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Successful submissions can earn a researcher up to $2 or more, depending on the complexity of the prompt and the information unearthed.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Laocoön and His Sons, an exquisite marble sculpture of the legendary Trojan priest writhing in agony as he’s attacked by sea-serpents, was first unearthed in the early sixteenth-century, the only missing piece his right arm.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Archaeologists unearthed Ashurbanipal’s palace at Nineveh in the 19th century.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Old albums were unearthed, bootlegged, and reissued.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
The new research focused on three Prototaxites fossils unearthed in the Rhynie chert, a prehistoric land ecosystem near Aberdeen, Scotland.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
The group was brought together after Ancestry unearthed historical records linking their two families.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany's larger states.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Successful submissions can earn a researcher up to $2 or more, depending on the complexity of the prompt and the information unearthed.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Laocoön and His Sons, an exquisite marble sculpture of the legendary Trojan priest writhing in agony as he’s attacked by sea-serpents, was first unearthed in the early sixteenth-century, the only missing piece his right arm.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Archaeologists unearthed Ashurbanipal’s palace at Nineveh in the 19th century.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Old albums were unearthed, bootlegged, and reissued.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
The new research focused on three Prototaxites fossils unearthed in the Rhynie chert, a prehistoric land ecosystem near Aberdeen, Scotland.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
The group was brought together after Ancestry unearthed historical records linking their two families.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unearthed
exhumed
Verb
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Where Foucault exhumed a hidden historical archive, Wiseman created a new one, in real time.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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In 2007, the sheriff’s department re-examined the case and exhumed Summerfield Jane Doe’s body.—
Audrey Abrahams,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Unearthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unearthed. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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