Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:47:51 +0200Restorers use sugar to preserve 7000-year-old prehistoric wellhttps://english.radio.cz/restorers-use-sugar-preserve-7000-year-old-prehistoric-well-8124589© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalCzech archaeologists are using plain white sugar to preserve what may be the oldest wooden structure ever discovered in Europe – a water well made of oak trees felled some 7,000 years ago. The well was unearthed earlier this year during the construction of the D35 highway as an isolated find, bearing marks of construction techniques used in the Bronze and Iron ages.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/studna_7000_let_ostrov.jpg?timestamp=1705054337 Restorers use sugar to preserve 7000-year-old prehistoric well https://english.radio.cz/restorers-use-sugar-preserve-7000-year-old-prehistoric-well-8124589 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9