Archaeologists in Germany found the 7,000 year old wooden water wells near Leipzeg, They are the oldest known wooden constructions in the world, and contradict the common belief that metal was ...

The crumbling wooden water well above certainly doesn’t look impressive, but a tree-ring dating method revealed the oak used to build it is 7,275 years old. That might make it the oldest known ...

The 1,700-year-old wooden water pipe found in Leuven ... were exceptionally well-preserved, the city said. Archaeologists stand near the ancient Roman wooden water pipe found in Leuven.

A well-preserved Ancient Roman wooden water pipe was recently uncovered in an unexpected place: the marshlands of Belgium. The discovery was announced by the city of Leuven, a city east of ...

Archaeologists discovered a rare and exceptional piece of Roman history at a future student residence: a well-preserved wooden water pipe, a first for the Flanders region. While digging through ...

Executive Director Christy Lickei researched how old the wooden water mains were. “When the town started, a couple of wells served as the water source for the city. So, if you needed water ...

that would have been the main water lines to service the town.” Jessup says wooden pipes were commonly used in larger cities on the east and west coast over a century ago, but a well-preserved ...