Unlike the bodies Tas had discovered that had been preserved beneath layers of mud, this corpse lay relatively close to the surface and had decomposed.

The original oak floors were preserved beneath a yellow-orange linoleum.

Other finds have included a wicker fish trap preserved in the clay beneath the old moat, pottery and pipes.

Dunes coiled like the skeletons of sea-serpents preserved beneath the immense, distant bowl of the cloudless sky.

The interior is better preserved; beneath the arena are subterranean passages like those in the amphitheatre at Puteoli.

A remnant of the city wall is preserved in the basement beneath the cells.

The relics of Galactorius were preserved until the Reformation in a casket beneath the high altar of Lescar Cathedral.

The saint's skull, painstakingly restored, is also preserved beneath the high altar.

Tarquinius then relented and purchased the last three at the full original price and had them preserved in a vault beneath the Capitoline temple of Jupiter.

These deposits were vaulted over using steel and concrete, and preserved in an artificial cavern beneath the lowest parking garage level.