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.

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Persons: “, ”, Lorena Burkhardt Locations: Swiss, Kyburg, Zurich