Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Wishing Well in Germany


The Bronze Age well was full of decorative ceramics, jewelry and other items likely used for ritual purposes

Jan 18, 2023

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a 3,000-year-old wishing well brimming with finely crafted ceramics, jewelry and other items they think the area’s Bronze Age inhabitants lowered into the ground for ritual purposes.

The well is located in Germering, a town in the Fürstenfeldbruck district of Bavaria, just west of Munich, per a statement from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection.

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