https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Experts have identified a figurine found in excavations at Zurich’s Fraumünster church as a representation of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, dating from the early 15th century, the city announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151221/archeologists-find-charlemagne-badge-in-zurich Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:28:50 +0100 archeologists-find-charlemagne-badge-in-zurich More than 4,100 Roman coins from the third century have been unearthed after a farmer found some of them in his cherry orchard, the canton of Aargau says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151119/farmer-finds-trove-of-roman-coins-in-orchard Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:03:00 +0100 farmer-finds-trove-of-roman-coins-in-orchard Archeologists have found 14th century artifacts on what could be the site of the Battle of Morgarten, when soldiers of the Swiss confederacy ambushed Austrian soldiers in a victory that consolidated the nascent nation of Switzerland 700 years ago. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150619/artifacts-found-on-700-year-old-swiss-battle-site Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:09:44 +0200 artifacts-found-on-700-year-old-swiss-battle-site A valuable collection of ancient Egyptian papyrus manuscripts has been discovered in the University of Basel’s library after being forgotten for more than a century. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150610/ancient-papyrus-texts-found-in-basel-university Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:57:26 +0200 ancient-papyrus-texts-found-in-basel-university University of Basel experts helped discover a vast necropolis with around 50 mummies, including pharaonic royalty, in Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings near the temple city of Luxor, officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140428/basel-university-experts-find-50-mummies Tue, 29 Apr 2014 01:48:00 +0200 basel-university-experts-find-50-mummies After retrieving 2,400 wooden poles from Lake Geneva that served as stilts for wooden buildings from the Bronze Age, archeologists recently pitched all but 150 of them back in the water over a dispute with the cantonal government. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130828/prehistoric-poles-pitched-in-lake-geneva-protest Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:37:00 +0200 prehistoric-poles-pitched-in-lake-geneva-protest Archaeologists digging in an area being renovated in Geneva’s Old Town recently stumbled upon a major find. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120830/spades-uncover-slice-of-geneva-medieval-history Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:36:00 +0200 spades-uncover-slice-of-geneva-medieval-history