Thread: reveal from the ground

Help with the following translation:
"Archaeologists have revealed/unburied from the ground two beautiful sculptures"
Even in English I have some issues

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.

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?

it means from beneath, under something.

here you can also safely say извлекли из земли.
из-под implies there was something above the sculptures, ground mainly.
if it's из-под дома - it means 'from under the biuilding'.

Often из-под can be met in grave news of a such kind:
Из-под завалов в Турции спасатели извлекли 10-летнего мальчика -


Also figurative sense:
Автобус ушёл из-под носа = I haven't caught the bus.
Lingvo gives "из-под носа - from under one's very nose"

Originally Posted by alexsms

из-под implies there was something under the sculptures

Probably above the sculptures ?

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

Probably above the sculptures ?

cheers,
corrected it