Crane operator unearths 500-year-old sewage pit in Netherlands. See rare items inside

While working at a plaza in the Netherlands, a crane operator noticed a beehive-like structure reemerging from the dirt. It turned out to be a 500-year-old sewage pit with several rare wooden items inside.

Construction worker Sem Visser started digging into a square in downtown Alkmaar as part of a project to install an underground waste storage container. As he dug, Visser unearthed an old brick structure and alerted officials, the city’s heritage office said in a Dec. 3 news release.