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Around 35,000 archeological finds from 10,000 years of human history: the OPAL (Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungs-Leitung – Baltic Sea Pipeline Link) natural gas pipeline, at over 470 kilometers, is not only Germany’s longest construction site, it is also a treasure trove for archeological discoveries. The employees of the state authorities responsible in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Saxony have been searching the planned pipeline route since 2007 for artifacts from the distant past. While construction work is already very advanced in the federal states Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony, and thus the excavations have been largely completed, employees of the state office in Brandenburg are currently uncovering the largest burial ground along the track: in early summer, the historic preservationists there discovered over 350 graves from the Bronze Age near Großbahren (Elbe-Elster district), 50 kilometers west of Cottbus.
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