The preterite perfect tense (trapassato remoto)

QuestionAnswer
archaeologist
l'archeologo
tomb
la tomba
intact
intatto
After the archaeologist had discovered the tomb, he found an intact vase.
Dopo che l'archeologo ebbe scoperto la tomba, trovò un vaso intatto.
artifact
il reperto
As soon as the archaeologist had cleaned the artifact, he saw the gold.
Appena l'archeologo ebbe pulito il reperto, vide l'oro.
pottery
la ceramica
civilization
la civiltà
When they had studied the pottery, the experts understood the ancient civilization.
Quando ebbero studiato la ceramica, gli esperti capirono la civiltà antica.
column
la colonna
After they had found the column, did they discover two ancient civilizations?
Dopo che ebbero trovato la colonna, scoprirono due civiltà antiche?
inscription
l'iscrizione
hieroglyph
il geroglifico
As soon as the expert had read the inscription, he translated the hieroglyph.
Appena l'esperto ebbe letto l'iscrizione, tradusse il geroglifico.
fragment
il frammento
After they had opened the tomb, they found an intact fragment.
Dopo che ebbero aperto la tomba, trovarono un frammento intatto.
When the archaeologist had discovered the artifact that he was looking for, he saw the inscription.
Quando l'archeologo ebbe scoperto il reperto che cercava, vide l'iscrizione.
After they had examined the column, they deciphered the hieroglyphs.
Dopo che ebbero esaminato la colonna, decifrarono i geroglifici.
As soon as they had cleaned the fragment, did they understand which inscription was fake?
Appena ebbero pulito il frammento, capirono quale iscrizione era falsa?
As soon as the archaeologist had arrived, the group examined the fragment.
Appena l'archeologo fu arrivato, il gruppo esaminò il frammento.
After he had cleaned the pottery, the archaeologist studied the inscription.
Dopo che ebbe pulito la ceramica, l'archeologo studiò l'iscrizione.