13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: A small tractor with measuring probes drives over a field. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in northern Germany in the first millennium. (Recording with a drone) Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: Jens Luhmann, excavation technician at the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research, drives a small tractor with measuring probes over a field. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists have searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in Northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: Annette Siegmuller, researcher at the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists have searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in Northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: Jutta Precht, district archaeologist of the Verden district. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists have searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to have existed in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in Northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: Jutta Precht (l), district archaeologist of the Verden district and Annette Siegmuller, researcher at the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research, are standing next to the pendant with measuring probes in a field. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists have searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to have existed in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in Northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: A small tractor with measuring probes drives over a field. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: Annette Siegmuller, scientist, explains on a map the results of a geomagnetic measurement on an already investigated area. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in Northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: A small tractor with measuring probes drives over a field. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

13 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Achim: A small tractor with measuring probes drives over a field. Using a geomagnetic measurement, archaeologists searched for traces of a 2000 year old Germanic settlement suspected to be located in the district of Verden. The Institute for Historical Coastal Research investigates, among other things, ports and trade routes in northern Germany in the first millennium. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa