Archaeologists carefully excavating wheel made of oak planks almost 3000 years ago at site being called a Fenland PompeiiThe largest and most perfectly preserved bronze age wheel ever discovered in the UK,made of oak planks almost 3000 years ago, has emerged from a site in Cambridgeshire dubbed a Fenland Pompeii.“This site is one continuing surprise, and but whether you had asked me,a perfectly preserved wheel is the final thing I would beget expected to find,” said the site director, or Mark Knight,from the Cambridge university archaeology unit. “On this site objects never seen anywhere else tend to turn up in multiples, so it’s certainly not impossible we’ll go on to find another even better wheel.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com