You may have seen reports this month about the skeletons of Nazi warships that can be seen now that Europe's Danube River is at a historic low.
Well, as it turns out, we are finding the skeletons of men out there too.
The bodies of two World War Two German soldiers have been found in Budapest's Danube river, due to record-low water levels after an intense drought.
Found alongside their remains were the identification tags of the two soldiers, a largely intact German army Wehrmacht motorcycle, a wedding ring and a Kuban shield - a combat badge of the Wehrmacht, the German War Graves Commission said.
Not sure if the German War Graves Commission is going to release photos of the two Nazi soldiers, which, you know, I understand.
But they've shared photos of the Nazi motorcycle.
Wehrmacht motorcycles have definitely seen better days.
The wreckage, with the bodies underneath it, "was reportedly discovered on 2 August, when a passersby reported part of the motorcycle protruding from the rocks on the riverbank in downtown Budapest."
The identification tags of the soldiers "are remarkably well-preserved due to the mixture of harbour sludge and oil found on the river bed," according to the German War Graves Commission, which the Beeb describes as "a German non-profit organisation that searches, recovers and buries the war dead on behalf of the German government."
(Yes, even Nazi soldiers deserve a burial.)
The commission said the process may be a lengthy one:
It said it had begun its investigation to find out the identities of the two soldiers, and that anyone who is still missing a relative can search for their names in its database.
It would take time, however, to determine who they were, as the commission will need to ascertain whether the identity tags and Kuban shield actually belong to the two soldiers found.
"The names of the original wearers can probably be found quickly, but that is only the first step," the commission said. "Too many pieces of the puzzle need to be gathered, and the outcome is uncertain."
Crazy that we're still finding bodies from World War II.
Then again, scientists are also finding bones much older than that! π
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