Ancient sarcophagus found under burnt Notre Dame cathedral

Archaeologists have found an ancient lead sarcophagus under Notre-Dame cathedral along with fragments of a rood screen, offering a new insight into the history of the building which is currently under reconstruction after a devastating fire in 2019. Notre-Dame, which dates back to the 12th century, commissioned the…

Israeli Archaeologists Find Chicken Egg ‘Intact’ After 1000 Years

Believe it or not, a 1000-year-old chicken egg was recently found almost intact in a cesspit in Israel. A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) discovered this age-old egg in human faeces, during a salvage excavation in the town of Yavne, which was undertaken before a new neighbourhood…