Exhumation (noun)

1. The act of disinterring a body from a grave.
2. The act of removing something from the ground.

Origin:

Late latin exhumation-, exumatio, from latin exhumare, from ex- + humare to bury.

Examples:

1. The exhumation of the buried artifacts took several hours.
2. After 50 years, the exhumation of the remains was finally approved.
3. The exhumation of the oil from the ground was a long and costly process.
4. The exhumation of the coal mine was considered to be dangerous.
5. The exhumation of the historical site was done with great care and precision.