Thread: reveal from the ground

Originally Posted by Medved

Археологи...

достали (took, colloquial)
извлекли (extracted, excavated)
выкопали, откопали (dug out, really funny and colloquial)

из-под земли две прекрасные скульптуры.

My pickiness tells me "извлекли" is a neat option.

First time in my life I see: из-под
What is this?