Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers

[kiwi_2005]

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The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell

* Men were killed when a huge Allied shell exploded above the tunnel in eastern France in 1918, causing it to cave in

* Engineers find trench network 18ft beneath the surface near town of Carspach while excavating for a new road

* Scene likened to Pompeii after skeletal remains found in same positions the men had been in at the time of the collapse

[privateer]

Only about another 49,000 (give or take) to find in that area?

[Sledgehammer427]

French archaeologists stumbled upon the mass grave on the former Western Front in eastern France during excavation work for a road building project.

I find it sad that this is how things are being found nowadays.

[Stealhead]

Actually this is how many archaeological uh finds are discovered.You have to remember that WWI was nearly 100 years ago and much of the information about the location and layout of trenches has long since been lost so some farmer finds something or some utility workers about to check a water line find something that is how it very often works.

In a war sometimes you get no time to know who any one is around you troops might get moved in from another part of the front in a large battle most of a unit might get wiped out and then beyond the fact of names on some list they no nothing more besides the fact that they are all dead.

[August]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Actually this is how many archaeological uh finds are discovered.You have to remember that WWI was nearly 100 years ago and much of the information about the location and layout of trenches has long since been lost so some farmer finds something or some utility workers about to check a water line find something that is how it very often works.

In a war sometimes you get no time to know who any one is around you troops might get moved in from another part of the front in a large battle most of a unit might get wiped out and then beyond the fact of names on some list they no nothing more besides the fact that they are all dead.

Exactly, and since nearly every square foot of Europe was a battlefield or town at some point every shovelful of dirt might contain some lost bit of human history.

[Stealhead]

Much of the western front of WWI was also fought in very valuable farm land as well it is not logical to no longer use millions of square acres of farm land because a war was fought on top of them especially a small nation such as Belgium where land is already at a premium.

Look at Rome it is smack on top of the ruins of ancient Rome even cities like New York City are on top of the old city of New Amsterdam and old New York.