Time travel. (Photo credit: Chloé Lambert)
Swiss archeologists reported last week their first finds taken from Rolex's recently acquired land in Bulle.
The brand’s future manufacturing site, slated to open in 2029, happens to sit on a 2000-year-old road built by the Romans, as reported in these pages last month. Archeologists are rushing to dig before the road is destroyed by the new construction.
A team of five archeologists said they’ve found a sepulcher and various objects dating from the Bronze and Middle Ages near the ancient road. In coordination with Rolex, the team was given priority to do the excavation.
The finding last Thursday of an ancient sepulcher — a cremation grave with the presence of calcined bones — along the side of the road was a surprise, the archeology team told local newspaper La Liberté. The team said the initial land survey had not revealed the presence of a vestige of this importance on Rolex's land.