Underground passages dating back 450 years have been found in the City of Hoorn in the Netherlands.
The discovery was made after heavy rainfall caused a hole in the pavement of a dead end alley. Experts are assessing whether the passage can be made accessible to the public, but it remains closed for now.
Archaeologists descended down the hole and discovered a long brick tunnel. The tunnel appears to be part of a large covered sewer system that is collapsed almost everywhere, but remains intact at this specific spot. It runs beneath an old hospital from 1563 and thus dates almost certainly from that time.
Story: Craig Barker, The Conversation | Photo: Craig Barker/Nicholson Museum
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