A strange construct has been left exposed by a retreating wall of ice, baffling historians and researchers.
The object was found on Nov. 2 by Sergio Veri, a hiker walking along an isolated and remote glacier path, Archaeology News reported. Veri was hiking in the Swiss Alps when he made the discovery.
While walking along the Splügen Pass, near the Canton of Graubünden, Veri came across an apparent two-wheeled contraption.
The construct appears to have two wheels attached to a bamboo frame.
Made from poles and cordage, the materials themselves are causing some confusion in archaeological circles. Bamboo, after all, isn’t part of Switzerland’s native flora.
According to Archaeology News, the towering pole-like grass is believed to have first arrived in Europe at the end
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