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I'm currently on an extended visit in Belgium, because I can. :-)
I'm a big history buff, and through some contacts, I was able to assist a group of archeologist who are excavation a portion of the no man's land of the first World War.
The things they find...
Apparently, more than 100.000 soldiers are still interred there, left where they fell during the chaotic days of trench warfare. They find remains almost every day. Some can be identified, most of them can't. The remains are investigated and then re-buried in a military cemetery, of which there are more than a dozen in the vicinity alone.
It really puts the horror of war into perspective.
This is a subset of archeology called Battlefield Archeologist? This is pretty recent, historical-wise. One always associates Archeology with like ancient roman ruins or something. WW1 happened yesterday, archeology-wise.
Some of it is buried but most if it is very accessable. Most of the remains are found by farmers digging up fields or construction crews building new apartments and offices. Concrete fortifications are still part of the landscape, as well as trenches and shell craters. A number of people are still killed by unexploded ordance from both WW1 and WW2 every year.
I read the Title of this thread and thought, "that sounds like a good way to get dead." Those battlefields were saturated with artillery ordnance and anti personnel mines. Some of the UXB are mustard and nerve gas bombs. Historical facts may be interesting but no, IMHO, worth getting killed to obtain. digging up these battlefields is sheer madness.
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