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excavated
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The director uses her loose crime movie template to chronicle a place still trapped in its troubled past — a past that gets dug up like all the ancient artifacts excavated by Veska and her crew — while facing a future of inertia and decline.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026 -
While the purpose of the original building is uncertain, animal bones and pottery excavated at the Durrington Walls suggest it was used for large celebrations or feasts.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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“Hollowed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowed%20%28out%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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