Archaeologists have discovered a secret wooden tunnel as workers dig earth to build a new train line at a train station in Copenhagen, Denmark.
According to scientists from the Copenhagen museum, it is a tunnel located at a depth of 6 m, with a width and a height of about one meter. In the immediate future, they have unearthed about 3 m of the tunnel and it is unclear how long it is. Initially, the archeological team assumed that part of the road stretched back to the late 1800s.
"It seems that the tunnel was cut off by the walls of the Østerport station, while the other half continues to lie below the Østbanegade street. We don’t know where it ends or it will continue." a mystery that needs further research, "said Christian Andreas Flensborg, a member of the archaeological team at the Copenhagen Museum.
This wooden tunnel is believed to be a secret construction dating back to the 19th century
After analyzing the quality of the tunnel’s wood, the team determined it was a felled tree around 1874. Besides, this type of tunneling method was used in the design of tunnels. on the western front during World War I (1914-1918).
"It is strange that there is a secret tunnel in the heart of the city that no one knows. The construction must also be secret. This is part of Copenhagen’s military history," said archaeologist Flensborg. identify.
