If you happen to walk past the mountains of peat soil between Oudewater and Montfoort, you will not immediately notice that there is a special find. They are not bone remains or old pots and pans, but they are trees. They lay underground for no less than 4,000 years. It is a miracle that they have been so well preserved, says landscape architect Seline Geijskes of Staatsbosbeheer. “Look at that bark, it’s still completely intact!”.
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Archaeologists uncover primeval forest that is 40 centuries old
