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As I happened to be spending that winter in Rome, I went, of course, to see the new "scavo," and there were the big jars standing in the cellar, just as in the lifetime of the ancient owner.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Various 1888
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I mean, heck, if she can convince a couple of the scavo kids to jump off the roof and break their necks, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
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Northampton was absent at a _scavo_ he has forty miles off.
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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Lateran, and a ride over the Campagna to the Claudian aqueduct and Torlonia's _scavo_.
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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Street of Tombs -- very interesting and curious -- and then cut across to the ruin of an old villa, where an apartment floored with marble has lately been discovered, evidently a bath, and a very large one; on to Torlonia's _scavo_ and under the arches of the Claudian aqueduct.
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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LLo scavo in corso nel criptoportico e negli ambienti limitrofi ha chiarito molto la planimetria di questa zona centrale del Palatino; la galleria in età Giulio-Claudia serviva da comunicazione tra le diverse zone del Palazzo, che si era molto ingrandito a partire da Augusto.
Bread and Circuses 2008
reesetee commented on the word scavo
A glassmaking technique in which substances are applied to the surface of an object that, when heated to about 1470°F (800°C), fuse and create an effect similar to weathering. The technique is used, for example, to imitate the look of glass retrieved in an archeological excavation. From the Italian for "excavation."
November 9, 2007