{"id":9783,"date":"2022-03-17T22:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/notre-dame-reconstruction-discovers-ancient-tombs-and-sarcophagi\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T22:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:07:03","slug":"notre-dame-reconstruction-discovers-ancient-tombs-and-sarcophagi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/notre-dame-reconstruction-discovers-ancient-tombs-and-sarcophagi\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame Reconstruction discovers ancient tombs and sarcophagi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Archaeological excavations at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris have uncovered several tombs in a 14th-century blue sarcophagus, French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot said in a statement on Monday. Excavations are taking place before the reconstruction of the church spiral, after a fire in 2019 threatened to completely worsen the cathedral. The discoveries were made just below the intersection of the transept of the church and its main body.<\/p>\n

Bachelot stated in her statement that the remains were found in “remarkable scientific quality.” Archaeologists speculate that the coffin – which appears to have been pushed by the weight of centuries of compression through earth and stone – contains the remains of an important church dignitary. A miniature endoscopic camera was used to look inside the sarcophagus, which allowed researchers to discover pieces of cloth, hair and a pile of leaves resting on the deceased’s head – a typical cemetery practice for religious figures. <\/p>\n