EditorialFILE PHOTO: A row of excavators are seen at the Caterpillar booth at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas
EditorialExcavators work on both sides of Santerno river in order to build a retaining dike and to tear down a home severely damaged by the flooding in the rural area surrounding Lugo (Ravenna) on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Elisabetta Zavoli /The New York Times)
EditorialExcavators, dwarfed by the scale of one of the open-cut pits at the Pilbara Minerals lithium mine in Western Australia, on April 18, 2023. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavators, dwarfed by the scale of one of the open-cut pits at the Pilbara Minerals lithium mine in Western Australia, on April 18, 2023. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavators, dwarfed by the scale of one of the open-cut pits at the Pilbara Minerals lithium mine in Western Australia, on April 18, 2023. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavators, dwarfed by the scale of one of the open-cut pits at the Pilbara Minerals lithium mine in Western Australia, on April 18, 2023. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavators move piles of debris left from collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavators of the Israeli army demolish two Palestinian houses in the Jabal Johar area of Hebron city, near the Kiryat Arba Israeli settlement, in the West Bank, Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian Territory - 28 Nov 2022
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EditorialToilet vase, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, late?early 13, ca. 1850?1775 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery, Toilet Basket I, Faience, h. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in); diam. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in), This miniature vessel imitates the shape of the l...
EditorialSmall Ointment Vase (model?), Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 6 (?), ca. 2323?2150 B.C. (?), From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery west of pyramid of Amenemhat I, so-called 'Toilet Basket I' without burial, 1911?12, White speckled black stone, h. ...
EditorialFiretrucks head towards the forest as excavators cut trees near the road to prevent further spread near Arcachon, France, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialFirefighters and excavators continue to remove debris and search for bodies buried in the rubble of a bombed apartment building in Borodyanka, a town about 20 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday April 9, 2022. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck carrying excavators as part of a police convoy sends horses running in Araqib, a Bedouin hamlet in the Negev desert of Israel, Sept. 2, 2021. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialIsraeli border police officers stand guard as excavators demolish Palestinian-built houses, Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian Territory - 05 Aug 2021