With a hearty whoop he tosses aside his prized gauntlets at the blacksmith shop.
As he rushes off to a celebratory feast, they sit out of sight in a dark corner.
Not too long after, a fire breaks out, the shop is destroyed and the gauntlets are lost for more than 600 years.
Demolition work near Kyburg Castle, northeast of Zurich, threatened a site that was known to be the location of a medieval town.
“We knew that all the archaeological remains in the ground would be destroyed during this construction work,” said Lorena Burkhardt, the excavation leader.
Persons:
“, ”, Lorena Burkhardt
Locations:
Swiss, Kyburg, Zurich