A workforce of volunteers excavating an archaeological web site in Normandy, France, discovered a “time capsule” this week from a nineteenth century colleague who surveyed the area practically 200 years in the past.
“P. J. Féret, a local of Dieppe, member of assorted mental societies, carried out excavations right here in January 1825,” the message rolled up inside a glass flask stated. “He continues his investigations on this huge space referred to as the Cité de Limes or Caesar’s Camp.”
The message was discovered whereas the volunteers had been conducting an emergency dig on the historic Gaulish clifftop village close to the city of Eu, France, due to erosion on the hillside.
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Nineteenth century archaeologist P. J. Féret left a message in a bottle on the Cité de Limes dig web site in 1825. (City of Eu)
The message and its flask had been discovered inside an earthenware pot on the Cité de Limes.
“It was a fully magic second,” workforce chief Guillaume Blondel advised BBC Information. “We knew there had been excavations right here previously, however to search out this message from 200 years in the past… it was a complete shock.”
“P. J. Féret, a local of Dieppe, member of assorted mental societies, carried out excavations right here in January 1825,” the message rolled up inside a glass flask stated. “He continues his investigations on this huge space referred to as the Cité de Limes or Caesar’s Camp.” (City of Eu)
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He added: “Generally you see these time capsules left behind by carpenters once they construct homes, however it’s very uncommon in archaeology. Most archaeologists choose to suppose that there received’t be anybody coming after them as a result of they’ve finished all of the work!”
The message was discovered by a workforce of volunteers surveying the location close to Eu, France, in Normandy. (City of Eu)
The Gauls had been Celts who lived in mainland Europe between across the fifth century B.C.E. and fifth century A.D.
The message and flasked had been inside an earthenware pot. (City of Eu)
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The city of EU posted photographs of the discover on its Fb web page, writing, “The excavations delivered, amongst different issues, a transferring and really particular testimony. A message was found in a small salt bottle from the nineteenth century accompanied by two cash; all contained in a ceramic jar. Situated in a beforehand investigated sector, it’s a ‘time capsule’ buried virtually 200 years in the past.”
