excavatedBy

P7650
predicate

Indicates that something (typically an archaeological site, artifact, or geological feature) was uncovered or dug out by a particular agent (such as a person, team, or organization).

All labels observed (30)

Label Occurrences
excavatedBy canonical 1,589
archaeologicalExcavationsBy 78
discoveredByArchaeology 25

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: excavatedBy
Generated description
Indicates that something (typically an archaeological site, artifact, or geological feature) was uncovered or dug out by a particular agent (such as a person, team, or organization).

Sample triples (1,793)

Subject Object
Dungeon Rock Edwin Marble
Nineveh Austen Henry Layard
Boğazköy (Hattusa) German Archaeological Institute
Kültepe Bedřich Hrozný
Kültepe Tahsin Özgüç
Great Zimbabwe Gertrude Caton-Thompson
Motya Joseph Whitaker via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
Nippur University of Pennsylvania
Ashur German archaeological missions
Lixus archaeologists from Morocco
Lixus archaeologists from France
Uruk German archaeological missions
Ur Leonard Woolley
Kellia Swiss archaeological missions
Kellia French archaeological missions
Cobá Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Calakmul Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Ur of the Chaldeans Leonard Woolley
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Manuel Magri via predicate surface "firstExcavationBy"
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Manuel Magri
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Themistocles Zammit
Sphinx Temple Auguste Mariette
Sphinx Temple other 19th-century archaeologists
Philippi Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
Philippi French School at Athens via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
Templo Mayor Mexican archaeologists
Pyramid of Sneferu at Dahshur Ahmed Fakhry
Black Pyramid Jacques de Morgan
Qustul Bruce Williams
Qustul Oriental Institute Museum
surface form: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Canopus Franck Goddio
Masada Yigael Yadin
Qumran Roland de Vaux
Pergamon Carl Humann
Megiddo Oriental Institute Museum
surface form: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Megiddo Yigael Yadin
Megiddo Israel Finkelstein
Megiddo David Ussishkin
Megiddo Tel Aviv University
Hazor Yigael Yadin
Hazor Amnon Ben-Tor
Chavín de Huántar Julio C. Tello
Scythian Neapolis archaeologists from the Russian Empire
Scythian Neapolis Soviet archaeologists
Scythian Neapolis Ukrainian archaeologists
Pasargadae Ernst Herzfeld
Pasargadae Ali Sami
Pasargadae David Stronach
Herodian street and drainage system Charles Warren
Herodian street and drainage system Bliss and Dickie