Lake Neuchatel:
In an amazing find for archaeology, over 1,000 Roman artefacts have been recently uncovered in Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, offering an insight into life at the time of the Roman Empire.
- It is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland.
- It is nestled at the foot of the Jura Mountains.
- It was formed during the last Ice Age.
- The Thiele River enters at its southwestern end and issues from it at its northeastern end. The lake also receives the Areuse and Broye rivers.
- The northwestern shore (Neuchatel canton) is the most thickly settled, and the slopes are covered with vineyards.
- On the north shore is La Tene, famous for prehistoric finds, which gives its name to the late Iron Age culture.
