Archaeological remains found at the front are throwing a new light on the Great War
At the end of the First World War, the landscape of the Western Front in Flanders had been transformed into a wasteland. After the war, the population returned, faced with the enormous challenge of rebuilding the region and making it inhabitable again. All traces of the war were wiped out, leaving only what was left in the ground – what is now the archaeological soil archive. Throughout the Westhoek, 30 centimetres benea
At the end of the First World War, the landscape of the Western Front in Flanders had been transformed into a wasteland. After the war, the population returned, faced with the enormous challenge of rebuilding the region and making it inhabitable again. All traces of the war were wiped out, leaving only what was left in the ground – what is now the archaeological soil archive. Throughout the Westhoek, 30 centimetres benea
