Sensational find in NRW! Construction workers stumble upon the unbelievable by chance - now the next hammer is coming

Dortmund turns out to be a playground for archaeologists: unbelievable relics were discovered by chance. Now the next sensational find is puzzling.

• In July, construction workers accidentally uncovered several medieval buildings in Dortmund that had long been considered lost.
• Archaeologists hoped that more surprises might come to light as the construction work continued .
• Now there was another senation find - and this could change the history of the city.

Dortmund - It is already the third sensational find in Dortmund : After the remains of the Ostentor , believed to be lost, and parts of the Hellweg pavement were discovered by chance during construction work in July , the archaeologists can now look forward to another, incredible relic from the Middle Ages. At first it was a mystery and could now even rewrite the history of the city .

The new find is directly connected to the Ostentor. The archaeologists have now uncovered a completely unknown moat, around five to six meters wide and formerly filled with water. This is what Ingmar Luther reported from the municipal monument authority to the Ruhr24 * news portal. Every piece of wall and foundation is important to the researchers.

After parts of the medieval Ostentor and the paved Hellweg were found during construction work, there is now a new surprise: The gate to the city was once protected by a third moat.🧐 # Dortmundhttps: //t.co/3QrgAtKCDn

A surprise * for everyone involved! Nobody had expected such a find, because the third moat at the Ostentor is not recorded in any historical source in the city. In the year 1232 an all- devastating fire raged in Dortmund . Buildings and also written documents were completely destroyed.

Sensational find brings back knowledge of the city's history

The excavations thus conceal a real - albeit ideal - “ treasure of gold ” for the scientists . Because they close the knowledge gap between the year of the great fire and the cityscapes from the 15th century that existed to date. So they rewrite the previously known history of Dortmund. The laying of a line has revealed something truly sensational.

The city of Dortmund proudly presents the progress of the excavations here on YouTube:

For scientists, such excavations are pieces of the puzzle that - as the example in Dortmund makes clear - can bring them important insights. In May archaeologists uncovered an astonishing skeleton find during an excavation in Tübingen. In July sensational pieces were found near Cairo. (cos) * tz.de and ruhr24.de part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.