Discovered by chance 94 years on: Bodies of 21 German soldiers in perfectly-preserved First World War trenches
Discovered by chance 94 years on: Bodies of 21 German soldiers in perfectly-preserved First World War trenches Stunned workers were meant to be digging a new road but journeyed instead into a dim and grim past They were meant to be digging a new road but journeyed instead into a dim and grim past. Stunned workers stumbled upon an underground shelter – and inside were the bodies of 21 German soldiers killed in the First World War. Many were found in the position they died when an Allied shell hit their tunnel and caused it to cave in 94 years ago. A large number of personal possessions – preserved by the lack of air and light – were also found in the 300ft tunnel near the small town of Carspach in the Alsace region of France. Michael Landolt, the archaeologist leading the dig, said: “Everything collapsed in seconds and is just the way it was at the time. Here, as in Pompeii, we found the bodies as they were at the moment of their death. “Some of the men were found in sitting positions o...