Excavate
WordNet
verb
(1) Remove the inner part or the core of
"The mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
(2) Form by hollowing
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"
"Excavate a cavity"
(3) Find by digging in the ground
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
(4) Lay bare through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"