Word: digging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Minh. Now, he is once more caught in the middle, between the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas and Diem's army. Squatting in the shade of his oxcart, a farmer north of Saigon said wearily: "Many times we are forced by the Viet Cong to spend the night digging ditches across the road. In the morning we are forced by the army to fill in the holes. The next night, we must dig them again...
...Iranian Archaeologist Ezat Negahban and his crew dig spectacular ancient artifacts out of a low mound in the fertile Goha Valley, 186 miles northwest of Teheran. By night, they stand guard against raiding peasants, crooked local officials and stealthy professional thieves. The round-the-clock duty is wearing but necessary, for the location is one of the richest in archaeological history, and the entire valley around the mound has gone digger-daffy. Peasants are even uprooting their vines and fruit trees in a frantic search for ancient gold...
Full-Dress Dig. Dr. Negahban's party made exploratory borings in a mound named Marlik aftera nearby olive grove. Out of the red earth came gold buttons, small bronze cows, red carnelian beads, and two cylindrical seals used to roll impressions on moist claydocuments. The University of Teheran granted Dr. Negahban funds for a full-dress dig, and the 400-ft.-long boat-shaped mound was systematically excavated...
Most of the treasures of Marlik Mound are already safe in the Iranian Archaeological Museum, but new finds always give Dr. Negahban something else to guard. By now he is surfeited with gold; he would rather dig up a clay tablet...
Noting that "the HSA has acted quickly to clear up minor complaints, such as those about rings and mugs," Bailey declared "we will really have to dig deep" to get the facts about "larger problems...