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
Oxyrhynchus Egypt Exploration Society
surface form: Egypt Exploration Fund
Oxyrhynchus Egypt Exploration Society
Sphinx of Naxos French School at Athens
Gobekli Tepe
surface form: Göbekli Tepe
German Archaeological Institute
Gobekli Tepe
surface form: Göbekli Tepe
Şanlıurfa Museum
Memphis, Egypt Auguste Mariette
Memphis, Egypt Flinders Petrie
Haliartus Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
Ancient Elis German Archaeological Institute via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
Ancient Elis Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
Olympia archaeological site German Archaeological Institute
House of Dionysus
surface form: House of Dionysus (Delos)
French School at Athens
House of the Dolphins French School at Athens
Δῆλος French School at Athens
sanctuary of Dodona
surface form: Sanctuary of Dodona
Greek archaeologists via predicate surface "archaeologicalExcavationsBy"
Tambora village Indonesian archaeologists
Aigai Manolis Andronikos
El Brujo Peruvian archaeologists
Tell es-Sultan Ernst Sellin via predicate surface "firstMajorExcavationBy"
Tell es-Sultan Carl Watzinger via predicate surface "firstMajorExcavationBy" NERFINISHED
Tell es-Sultan John Garstang
Tell es-Sultan Kathleen Kenyon
Tell es-Sultan Italian-Palestinian archaeological missions
Callanish Stones archaeologists in the 19th century
theatre of Dodona
surface form: Theatre of Dodona
archaeologists of the Greek Archaeological Service
Greyfriars Church, Leicester University of Leicester via predicate surface "excavationLedBy"
Pyrgi Italian archaeologists
city of Gezer
surface form: Gezer
archaeologists
Tomb of Horemheb (Saqqara) archaeologists in 19th–20th centuries
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus John Turtle Wood
Pylos Carl Blegen
Loulan Sven Hedin
Loulan Aurel Stein
Heraion of Olympia German Archaeological Institute
Huaca del Sol archaeologists
Serapeum of Saqqara Auguste Mariette
House of Livia Italian archaeologists
U cemetery, Umm el-Qaab, Abydos German Archaeological Institute
surface form: German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
U cemetery, Umm el-Qaab, Abydos Günter Dreyer
Assyrian lion hunt reliefs Austen Henry Layard
Sutton Hoo treasure Basil Brown
Sutton Hoo treasure Charles Phillips
Sutton Hoo treasure British Museum
surface form: British Museum team
Swartkrans Robert Broom
Swartkrans C. K. Brain
al-Mansuriya archaeologists in 20th century
Hisham's Palace Dimitri Baramki
Huaca de la Luna Peruvian archaeologists
Pyramid of Unas Gaston Maspero
Pyramid of Unas Lepsius
surface form: Karl Richard Lepsius (surveyed)