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  • Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Wishing Well in Germany

    01/22/2023 8:43:21 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 46 replies
    Smithsonian Magazine ^ | January 18, 2023 | Sarah Kuta
    Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a 3,000-year-old wishing well brimming with finely crafted ceramics, jewelry and other items they think the area’s Bronze Age inhabitants lowered into the ground for ritual purposes.The well is located in Germering, a town in the Fürstenfeldbruck district of Bavaria, just west of Munich, per a statement from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection.Since 2021, archaeologists have been excavating the area ahead of construction on a new distribution center. So far, they’ve discovered more than 70 wells dug from the Bronze Age to the early Middle Ages...This wishing well, however, is different from all...