unearthings
Acts of exhuming
Unearthings are acts of digging up or bringing to light.
The word applies literally to excavation—the unearthings of ancient artifacts at the site—and figuratively to discovery of hidden information: Her unearthings of corporate fraud made headlines.
The plural suggests multiple instances or a series of revelations.
Human-made historical objects
- excavationsSystematic unearthing of buried things
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- potsherdsFragments of broken ceramics
fossils · ruins · tombs · megaliths · petroglyphs · mummies · bones · remnants
Continues in place
- corpsesDead human bodies
- bodiesPhysical structures of organisms
- coffinsBoxes for burying bodies
- gravesBurial sites
burials · caskets · skeletons · bones · crypts · mausoleums · cemeteries · interments
Hidden valuable caches
- trovesStored valuable collections
- cachesHidden storage places
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- goldElement seventy-nine
jewels · artifacts · plunder · loot · bullion · coins · regalia · offerings
Surprising facts made known
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- uncoveringsActs of revealing hidden things
- disclosuresActs of revealing information
- exposuresInstances of being revealed
breakthroughs · secrets · truths · evidence · clues · mysteries · suppressions · cover-ups
artifacts
Human-made historical objects
- excavationsSystematic unearthing of buried things
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
potsherds · fossils · ruins · tombs · megaliths · petroglyphs · mummies · bones · remnants · vestiges
remains
Continues in place
graves · burials · caskets · skeletons · bones · crypts · mausoleums · cemeteries · interments · reburials
hoards
Hidden valuable caches
gold · jewels · artifacts · plunder · loot · bullion · coins · regalia · offerings · grave-goods
revelations
Surprising facts made known
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- uncoveringsActs of revealing hidden things
- disclosuresActs of revealing information
exposures · breakthroughs · secrets · truths · evidence · clues · mysteries · suppressions · cover-ups · scandals
unearthingsburials
Placing dead underground
interments · entombments · buryings · concealments · cover-ups