Ancient sarcophagus found under Notre-Dame cathedral amid restorations

Archeologists at the Notre-Dame cathedral unearthed a lead sarcophagus and fragments of the temple's ancient rood screen, offering a rare insight into the history of the world-famous cathedral currently under reconstruction after a devastating fire in 2019.
One of the first finds was a fully preserved anthropomorphic lead sarcophagus was found, which archeologists say probably belonged to a high dignitary and could date back to the 14th century.
“We were able to send a small camera inside which showed cloth remains, organic matter such as hair and plant remains,” said Christophe Besnier from France's National Archaeological Institute on Tuesday. “The fact that these plants are still there indicates that the contents have been very well-preserved.”
Notre Dame commissioned the excavation works inside the church as a precautionary measure ahead of the installation of a giant scaffolding needed to restore the around 100-metre high wooden roof ridge.
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[@alalalala57]

One of the unintended beauty of destruction and unforeseen events like this is that it usually opens opportunity that otherwise wouldn't have arisen.

[@praisejesusrepentorlikewis6218]

Repent to Jesus Christ “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:6‬ ‭NIV‬‬ M

[@nobodyspecial4702]

The person in that sarcophagus paid the church a lot of money to be buried there for all eternity. There's no excuse for archeologists to disturb the remains at all.

[@haven216]

@@nobodyspecial4702 You’re upset over a 700 year old burial site?

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@haven216 Not particularly, but you clearly don't care if someone digs you up and does whatever to your remains. It's called "respect." Honestly, there is absolutely nothing of importance that can possible be gained by examining the body of a person dead 700 years. Does knowing what food they ate really make a difference in the world today? Does it matter if they died of a disease or injury? Is it in any way important to determine what color hair they had or what clothes they were buried in? Absolutely not. This is simply archeology justifying it's existence while providing nothing relevant to the world.

[@haven216]

@@nobodyspecial4702 Remains are exhumed and studied all the time, and most graves are only temporary. There are plenty of examples of graves being exhumed after many years and moved to vaults or catacombs with other remains to make space for new graves. Graves in US/Canada even usually have a 100 year lease before being exhumed and replaced. This is especially true in this point in time with victims in Ukraine being hastily buried and then moved at a later date. A grave that's 700-years-old could give a lot of insight into the past as many other archaeological sights have done and continues to do. You may not see that as important, but to a lot of people and archaeologists, gaining a better understanding of the past and those people's lives IS important, especially with a grave this high profile since it was buried beneath an important site. We wouldn't have as much of a profound understanding of history and even pre-history if it weren't for archeologists exhuming remains

[@cathybaldry7822]

Good to see some update on what is happening with the cathedral

[@praisejesusrepentorlikewis6218]

Repent to Jesus Christ “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:6‬ ‭NIV‬‬ K

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Well, as long as it isn't Quasimodo. I've been worried about him ever since the fire. One of my friends (in France) reassured me he got out of the bell tower O.K. I hope he's getting some kind of unemployment compensation while he's out of work.

[@catsberry4858]

Didn’t he go back by now to ring the bells? I thought he would’ve made it back by now. Anyhow, this is an old one. Def isn’t our pal Quasimodo’s :P

[@lip-filler-looks-rank]

kind of.. hes boris

[@catsberry4858]

@Mike noooooooooooooooo =(

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@Mike Brilliant!!!😂😂👍👍

[@CountessKitten]

@@yepiratesworkshop7997 best comment ever! 🤣👌

[@Catch-The-Ghost]

If that sarcophagus starts yelling, “IT WAS ME, DIO!” then we’re all doomed.

[@davidmilton5887]

Is it in a plastic bag ?

[@anatomicallycorrectmuppets8180]

?

[@fireflymiesumae]

No 😭

[@Butitswroong]

Not to be a creep but I love you for this comment. I’m fully happy.

[@abovewater99]

Dracula: I'm free, free, free. Dark clouds slowly form from above.

[@DylansPen]

I watch something like this and that dirt they are standing on, one day in the 1300's there were other men standing right there digging and burying that sarcophagus, they had some water then went home at the end of the day to dinner. 700 years later and here we are. They should rebury it after seeing what is inside and then bury a time capsule from today.

[@princessusagiharmony606]

No they should not open it!!! If they open that lead coffin then 700 years of decomposition of that body will be released and the thing that killed them which could well have been the Black Death. Lead doesn’t let what’s inside it out so you’ve got everything building up for 700 years and buried on hallowed ground and you want them to open that thing and it’s a big no no it was buried so no looking inside it just re bury it. Also these are catholic you don’t mess with those buried in one of the most famous catholic places we don’t want to anger the dead by messing with their rip. We know all we need to know about France in the 14th century like they had more plagues than we do. We don’t need Black Death on top of everything that happen since 2020.

[@craftpaint1644]

That's so proper and romantic that the Overlords won't even think of such a thing - they'll take it all and auction the small things they don't want.

[@nelly5852]

This man is very well spoken. I knew nothing about archeology but could immediately get a sense and appreciation of this incredible find from this 2 minute interview. 👏

[@paulb9769]

Could not understand a word he said.

[@craftpaint1644]

After listening to this video I will unleash all my new archeology expertise on doubters for the rest of my life. LoL 😆

[@paulb9769]

@@craftpaint1644 And the earth is flat 🤣

[@penneyburgess5431]

Please keep us updated. This is very interesting. Thank you.

[@jackfishthe6th373]

It is obvious that the fire was an extremely unfortunate event, but at the same time with out this fire and need for repairs this sarcophagus could have gone forever without being discovered. I hope there will be some mroe history uncovered about why this sarcophagus was their.

[@PeLYcAnOO]

Or maybe someone knew about it and put the fire on purpose

[@DjGMat]

lol "unfortunate event " seriously ? you made my day , best joke ever ! # how to avoid a speech to the yellow vest 😉

[@jessica_R_9167]

@@PeLYcAnOO maybe there is something else there even more interesting that is being overlooked, only to be discovered in the distant future after some other disaster happens.

[@cactusfarmer]

So what if it would have gone unnoticed - the person was laid to rest and that should have been a forever thing. Its unnerving how western culture totally disrespects and desecrates graves just because they are old. Let the dead stay buried.

[@akacitizen6776]

@@cactusfarmer and there were no other cases in history of grave robbing in other places .. egypt is just one of many where long before "the west" got there they were doing the same thing. shut up with your garbage and get off a " western " platform if you hate the culture. I was totally on your side about disturbing sites like this till that came up.

[@raineman1118]

They knew something was buried there. Any old church is built on top of some sacred object. And crusaders and saints got buried under churches. Not all of them were. If there's a 300 yr old church there's something under it.

[@dawnagamble1549]

My thoughts exactly

[@AK4Uwolfen]

it's catholic tradition, we entomb and preserve people who were examples of living a holy life or have done something noble, my local church has the remains of a nun who died in the early 1900s in it's center, its nothing forgotten, it doesnt need to be old. There are sepulchres of military men, bishops, and notable people like poets in a way older church I go to too, centuries old, but there is a sepulchre of a female poet who died in the 1900s too. The vatican has the remains of priests in its own catacombs, theyre all entombed.

[@raineman1118]

@@AK4Uwolfen I wasn't sure when the practice was stopped. I know people aren't allowed to have family buried on their property. And Jewish people don't like the idea of vaults in their graves, but the state laws dictate that I guess.

[@lindaraterink6451]

There are always graves in churches like that. The ones with the most money wanted to be closest to god, so they bought a grave in the church so ofcourse they knew people were burried there.

[@GrandAncientOak]

The amount of hidden history under our feet is incredible. Why is there red brick underground 1:03 ?

[@lizamay3703]

One day you will be part of that history and with time in the future they will dig you out to learn that you are dead human.

[@GrandAncientOak]

@@lizamay3703 Very unlikely that I am found and out into any history. More likely to just be turned to dirt like 99% of organic matter. Most history is lost to nature and human destruction.

[@davidarundel6187]

It's possible the red brick was used as a base material when the building first went up .

[@evolutionCEO]

look into star forts and Tartaria. the trouble with hisstory is it is written before our eyes.

[@UnseenEternalStudios]

I wonder what the electrical properties of red brick are.. hmmmmmm.

[@christophersherman1198]

Building Cathedrals over sacred sites is more common than we expect. Simular to Jerusalem, Great Wall, and Roslyn Chapel. Very interesting. 👍🏻

[@williamgarayua5878]

Only in Arabian Meca there is nothing to find underneath. Weird...

[@annemurphy9339]

@@williamgarayua5878 That’s why they’re cementing over everything.

[@jsmcguireIII]

@@williamgarayua5878 Tradition says that Ishmael (the first son of Abraham) and his mother Hagar (the Egyptian slave of Sarah) are buried next to the Kaaba (Hijr Ismail).

[@unechaine1]

A Hébron il y a le tombeau des patriarches Abraham, Ytzak et Yaacov ainsi que presque toutes leurs épouses.

[@alfredgeorge317]

It may not be that a Cathedral was built over a sacred site.....it might be the other way around.... The fact it's a lead sarcophagus suggests the person was of " importance"....they were probably buried in the Cathedral for that reason....either that...or....their family made a large contribution to the Church for that burial honor.

[@doggygaming950]

Incredible the plastic is so well preserved

[@clairejonas6125]

😄

[@pinkpaisley4520]

It’s Lead!

[@NickPaulsen]

@@pinkpaisley4520 This really went over youre head. xD

[@unmatrixed]

covering up the 666 Transylvanian address!

[@seanwebb605]

Many people are commenting that the container shouldn't be opened and the remains of the dead should never be disturbed or moved. But that's not a very informed opinion. Remains are exhumed, studied and moved all of the time. In fact for much of the world graves are temporary. I can show you examples from around the world where after so many years a grave is cleared out and the remains collected and moved to vaults or catacombs with other remains. The grave is then used for another person who has recently dead until they too are removed years or decades later. Even in Canada and the U.S. graves tend to have a lease of about a hundred years. And there are examples of grave yards sort of going out of business. The lands then are left unkept and the mausoleums decay. Sometimes the remains get removed from the mausoleums and moved to other grave yards if there are still family nearby with connections to the deceased or funding from local community groups.

[@kenwittlief255]

Nearly all the cells in our bodies die and are replaced roughly every 7 years. Much of the elements of the cells is absorbed and used to make the replacement cells and the rest of the elements are expelled from our bodies as waste. So by the time you are 70 your body has been replaced, day by day and year by year, about 10 times. We dont pay any heed to those first 10 copies of our bodies - we dont hold ceremonies each time we use the bathroom, or try to capture those dead body cells and bury or cremate them with a religious ceremony... Its only the last body, that dies all pretty much at once, that we somehow feel represents us, that we hold funerals for and have people pray over. When you think about it, the first 10 are more important than the last. BTW, this also explains when people ask you "how does it feel to be 40, or 60, or 70...?" I 'feel' the same as I did when I was a child - my body is functionally pretty much the same... and in reality, no matter how old your are, you body is less than 7 years old....

[@seanwebb605]

@@kenwittlief255 I tried some of these arguments years ago with my student loans officer. The descendants of the older cells were still liable. There is a continuity with our consciousness. But our consciousness doesn't survive death. I'm fine with some pageantry and ritual for the bodies of our dead. Compassionated societies have some form of funeral or celebration of life. It's also worth preserving some human remains so that in the future societies can learn about us and how we lived and died. But North America has a fetish for the dead. Older societies treat most burials as temporary. After the body had decomposed you collect the remains and pool them with others and recycle the grave. We don't need to build a shrine for each person that dies.

[@hippiehillape]

They cut this creature in half. Sealed half in lead, and buried it under the foundations of hallowed ground. DO NOT OPEN IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

[@raul_jocson_]

Exactly. That thing was sealed in lead and buried under a church for a reason.

[@joevarga5982]

Too late.

[@evzone84]

Thank you. After reading a bunch of comments I thought I was going to be the only person thinking "this is how the world ends" especially with the vault being breached just before 2020

[@moda78z]

This is so cool!

[@YouMe-ru6wi]

The Earth has so much history and stuff like this makes you wonder what is really buried underneath us just waiting to be discovered.

[@Eskii_NZL]

It is truly fascinating, literally right under you right now could life changing ancient history

[@fatjoe66666666]

Keep digging until you find the pagan shrine or temple under it as well.

[@backintimealwyn5736]

they are many layers , look it up ;) We've been diging and studying the site for a long time now. You can visit the underground, and see roman fundations , old insulae fundations. Yes there were probably celtic shrines and roman temples on the island, probably right underneath the cathedral. There are also several previous churches

[@rushthezeppelin]

Good luck with that, probably have to dig pretty deep. France is the eldest daughter of the Church. Discounting the more recent godlessness it's been one of the most consistently Catholic countries since soon after the time of the apostles. Probably hasn't been a major pagan presence there is nearly two millennia.

[@misteragb7558]

14th century... that's just medieval not ancient...

[@moomeow4373]

At no point in the video or the description did they mention that the 14th century was ancient, they didn't even mention it was medieval. Your comment doesn't make sense for the video.

[@indiopeninsulares6723]

Who said it is ancient?

[@rebeccaamery7128]

@@moomeow4373 The title mentions ancient

[@moomeow4373]

@@rebeccaamery7128 True, that went completely over my head. I was continously searching in the video it self not the title which should have been obvious haha

[@barbaradurr4170]

@@rebeccaamery7128 der Titel übertreibt meistens, damit die Menschen neugierig werden!

[@mindyalderman8865]

A body on holy ground encased in lead. Gee maybe opening it might be a bad idea.

[@rushthezeppelin]

Sounds like a great idea to me, probably a saint that would be happy to have his relics sitting in circles around the world until the resurrection.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

I used to plumb and encase Lead Cable joints for Telstra cables back in the 90's and the lips and joins are really really well done. We had LPG/gas torches they didn't

[@Cassidys_Corner]

We got enough crap going on this year…can we just leave the lead sarcophagus alone please

[@JohnWatkinsUK]

Hahahahaha! It'll be full of screams and bright red light.

[@rachelsatlas]

One time I found old stuff I forgot about in my basement

[@dawnmichelle4403]

I found $5 in an old purse in the back of my closet. 😄

[@jorgejorgen3480]

One time I found $5 in a pair of jeans I hadn't worn in several years

[@spaww5532]

seems like just about everywhere there is amazing wonders under the dirt. we need to start digging.

[@paulb9769]

People should rather dig for truth.

[@NatureXwars]

Oh oh, lead & unmarked huh? Does that mean someone in the past was trying to hide a dark entity or something like that?

[@erwinmaes780]

If you've seen 'The Strain', it ought a scare you I guess....

[@johnnygoodman2003]

It's Mumra! Somebody call the Thunder Cats.!

[@Pretermit_Sound]

A lot of coffins in the Middle Ages were either lead-lined, or made entirely of lead when they were used for royalty/nobility, and some of the elite members of the clergy. It’s a soft and malleable metal, and obviously lasts way longer than wood.

[@CadaverousBeing]

Royal family members are all buried in lead coffins. A bunch of American Christian organizations buried people in iron coffins in the 1800s. It's just better for preserving dead bodies, perhaps they considered the idea that these coffins would be unearthed in the future.

[@Chrochella]

@@erwinmaes780 …because Hollywood never creates anything that can’t be true😆…

[@shannonsaunders547]

Would not surprise me if they found more. 🙏🏼

[@andrewsorry1752]

Amazing

[@CountessKitten]

Wow. This is amazing

[@COLLAR01]

Yep with the way this years going so far they no doubt just unearthed a VAMPIRE that's been entombed for eons. HAHA LOL.

[@anonydun82fgoog35]

Or... 14th century. Hmm, wasn't the 1300's when a particularly virulent strain of the Black Death wiped out half of humanity? :D

[@mq5731]

DO NOT OPEN THE SARCOPHAGUS!!!!!

[@williamd1891]

Unleashing vampires would reduce traffic and rent prices so maybe not such a bad idea? Buying garlic futures just in case.

[@kiplaroy9664]

Best way to burry a vampire is cased in lead and under a church, YEP!

[@littlefox8352]

They put Lady Diana (the Princess of Wales) in a lead coffin.

[@kiplaroy9664]

@@littlefox8352 Ya, but they didn't bury her under a church. Nope.

[@littlefox8352]

@@kiplaroy9664 you don't know what they will do in hundred years time ... do you?

[@littlefox8352]

@@kiplaroy9664 honestly, I'm just hoping there is no proof that the person was young and buried alive .... I hope it was an old religious guy, who has some connection to the building or a building that was there before.

[@kiplaroy9664]

@@littlefox8352 Maybe it was Quasimodo and they will find Esmerelda near by.

[@txjellybean3772]

This whole thing is strange! The things that happened prior to the fire,after the fire and now they've reached a body encased in lead of someone important. And it still contains organic matter. Just like finding Nimrod's burial mounds and the pharaohs of Egypt. People they're doing reverse-engineering and bringing these people back.

[@lindaraterink6451]

Lead preserves organic matter if it is sealed air tight and left undisturbed. There is nothing unual to that.

[@TacticalCaveman997]

History is an amazing thing.

[@seanwebb605]

It certainly was.

[@dungeonmaster16]

Ironic with the fire potentially history could be lost but if it wasn’t with that abs push further on restoration and repairs they may have not discovered this. And all this time it was there even in this age and not that deep into the ground.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

It was never meant to be dug up and examined. It's the remains of someone who paid the church a lot of money to be buried there and left alone, not used as a plaything by archeologists.

[@chris-hayes]

I'd ask if they were planning to open it, but I've watched enough Indiana Jones to know that's a bad idea.

[@ywsx6489]

They opened a granite sarcophagus in alexandria back in 2018...

[@acasiatucker7401]

They are opening it! Here soon actually in the next few months

[@rodriguezahr]

Feels like a DaVinci code mystery . Hmmmm.

[@sandymatthews4574]

Yep, probably Jesus!

[@YoBoyMarcus]

And they said they'd never find Jimmy Hoffa...

[@stephenedge4526]

Been to Notre Dame very Beautiful church

[@weeb3277]

>600 hundred years old >ancient bruh.

[@oiaponie]

Interesting find... And as a Muslim I am glad that the cathedral is under repair and restoration. A place for prayer brings hope and comfort in our times nowadays...

[@sharonlain3956]

Wise words.

[@ClayManJay]

Prayer is done alone. You and the most high, no church needed .. said so big brother himself

[@oiaponie]

@@ClayManJay surely you are from some kind of special cult that needed to pray all by yourself. Muslims and Christians prefer to pray together with the many.

[@alalalala57]

@@ClayManJay Big bro Jesus

[@andrewlabat9963]

The history showing up unexpectedly.. So awesome..

[@seanwebb605]

It appears that they didn't know of the specific internment, but it was highly predictable that remains of internments would be discovered if they chose to look.

[@jasonsummit1885]

Being a musician, I'm just glad that the pipe organ survived untouched by fire or water.

[@allyalison1043]

it actually received some heavy damage, after further investigation, unfortunately, 😔

[@GreyerShade]

I wanna see the DNA test of this. How important would a person have to be to get buried under Notre-Dame main floor? 🤔

[@michaelmontagu3979]

In that location probably a bishop, a benefactor or Royal.

[@poodleMammoth]

What if his name was Notre Dam he will be buried in his own library

[@GreyerShade]

@@poodleMammoth Its a good idea but "Notre-Dame" means "Our Lady" its dedicated to the Virgin Mary. 👍

[@GreyerShade]

@@michaelmontagu3979 What we know doesn't make sense with what we dont. Its clearly a wealthy individual. The lead sarcophagus alone would've been very expensive. But there's no funeral plate. Thats like burying your grandma in an unmarked grave. Then theres the time period. If it is 14th century, they either put them in right before the cathedral was finished, or they destroyed the brand new floors to put them in and replace the floor with no indication who it is or that they're even there. Thats very strange. A DNA test would at least tell us who they're related to now.

[@drivethrupoet]

It was, after all, a pretty mysterious fire. Maybe it's time we found these things. I really hope they continue to excavate and take some time with it as if it's an archeological dig.

[@JustinsWorld4U]

it was a cigarette butt..

[@drivethrupoet]

@@JustinsWorld4U I am very skeptical that a building in the middle of Paris is burned down after 600+ years - by a single cigarette butt... A city notorious for their heavy smoking to this day... No, that is a story they told so they could move on.

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

@@JustinsWorld4U If that fire was caused by a cigarette butt, then I'm the Queen of England. 😂

[@JustinsWorld4U]

@@thatswhatshesaid.literally737 it was literally confirmed

[@hihosilencemeviolateme949]

@@JustinsWorld4U I can go to the UN and find you someone to confirm anything you need. I can go to the ghetto and do the same. What does that prove?

[@Thenotfunnyperson]

Please don’t let history channel find out about this. 5 seasons of redundantly.

[@DigitalArtisan77]

I'm glad I saw the place on a school trip in the 80's

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Shouldn't that be placed into an air-tight container as soon as possible?

[@phoule76]

le Tupperware

[@maximesaindon3552]

@@phoule76 I laughed way too hard at this! XD

[@phoule76]

@@maximesaindon3552 le haha, le de rien

[@ecleveland1]

What I always wonder in cases like this is, how long does someone have to be dead that it is okay to dig them up and examine their remains? This was a person after all.

[@Czarina888777]

Long enough for history to not remember their identity and an exhumation can give it its identity back?

[@sukatidi]

i assume old enough for their whole immediate family to have passed

[@ghostshrimp5006]

Let me put it to you this way my man. It’s been so long since that person was buried that the gravesite was forgotten and then built over only to rediscover it centuries later by sheer chance. I think it’s safe to say we can dig it up

[@martinastaniek]

@@ghostshrimp5006 was burried after the church was built. but hey, even though, it sends shivers down my spine :P

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

It depends how many valuables they have buried with them. Most of the time they don't really care about the person, it's all about the grave goods. I wouldn't be surprised if they keep his sarcophagus in order to display it and then reinter the person (body) in a plain wooden box.

[@ianmangham4570]

Amazing, these lead coffins are so cool 😎

[@jadawin10]

The INRAP Institute does a very difficult job. They are archaeologists who are in charge of emergency study when ancient or historical sites are unearthed during constructions of all kinds, highways, buildings or railways. In a country with a history as old as France, their work is a constant stress. Often, they have to fill in archaeological excavations that are extremely interesting historically, when the period of study has expired...

[@samsmith2635]

Love this news, but its not Ancient, its medieval. Ancient implies from the Classical Age or Before.

[@DarianEX]

Whatever you do, Dont open it. Last thing we need is are curses and mummies. I'm already over 2022.

[@bonsang1073]

nevermind the fact that black death epidemic occured in the 14th century...

[@DarianEX]

​@@bonsang1073 I believe we have a cure for that, antibiotics. :P

[@CMarkem]

Let them demons loose 😈

[@pawn3d167]

@@bonsang1073 the germ that causes the black death is still around actually. we just have good monitoring, hygiene and medical treatments for it that any cases are negligible. there was a small outbreak in Haiti a year or 2 ago due to issues with sanitation and rats infested with fleas that carry the disease.

[@bonsang1073]

@@pawn3d167 yes current Yersinia pestis lives in the surface soil of many location around the globe. there were a few outbreaks detected in lakes in the last years. if any strain of Yersinia pestis was to be found in that coffin it would have 600 and something less years of evolution and integration to the ecosystem in its gene, if anything that stuff was airborne at first. thats bad and you know it.

[@puppy2haley]

VERY INTERESTING!!

[@Quimper111]

Isn't this the perfect opening för a vampire or other horror movie?

[@wyldefyre25]

Put...it...back. PUT IT BACK!!! We don't need another horseman of the apocalypse released on the world....

[@jackman5840]

Wait isn't that an X-Men movie.

[@Chrochella]

@@jackman5840 I think it’s The Mummy

[@HideorEscape]

When they opened the black sarcophagus in Egypt covid happened and now when they opened this the war happened in Ukraine...

[@samueldelgado1458]

you made me smile today... thanks

[@rushthezeppelin]

It's probably a saint or a priest/religious.

[@LittleAnastasia...]

Why is it lead? Was it meant to keep something from escaping? 😦

[@martinastaniek]

was my first thought too, but seemed to have been a luxury thing ? dunno for sure

[@michaelmontagu3979]

They were soldered closed to try to stop the body from decomposition. Often, but not always, they were enclosed in a wooden shell.

[@gwynnbleid4936]

That's real life not the mummy.

[@reubensandwich9249]

Lead was a very common building material and common higher profile people for burial.

[@TexasbyStorm]

They would never have known that lead kept anything from escaping. We think in terms of blocking radiation, but they didn't even know what radiation was back then. It is unlikely they understood how dangerous of a metal lead is to humans either.

[@am4793]

FFS! Don't open it and remove the wooden stake from the chest!

[@lindageorge8209]

Very interesting.

[@ralphturner3798]

I don't think they should have opened the sarcophagus. Let the deceased lie peacefully. Just put it somewhere in the ground and leave it alone. If you are burried, would you want someone in a few years opening your casket and messing around with your body?

[@linebrunelle1004]

when I dead, I doubt I'll care what happens to the shell called a body.

[@muttinchops3708]

I am good with that.

[@rickt1154]

At least there is some evidence of that person's existence and is not totally buried by time.

[@catherinehenry6762]

They did not open it, just pushed a tiny camera (fiber optics?) through a hole to see the inside.

[@catherinehenry6762]

@@laurie7689 How about this one ? "But since it fell unto my lot, That I should go and you should not, I gently rise and softly call, Good night and joy be to you all." From "The Parting Glass." Ed Sheeran.

[@mariamountain6718]

The tunnels. The catacombs. 👁‍🗨

[@ricardomoseley]

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[@ClayManJay]

Peace and love my brother 👁️

[@dmand1111]

Thank you for covering up the markings on the face and upper body. We don't want the public to find out what this is!

[@TheEduardo90]

Why not

[@gboates]

A knight of Templar?

[@maryanneslater9675]

The Knights Templar had their own monasteries and chapel houses where they were buried. This would likely be a high ranking church official or a relation of the Valois dynasty (monarchs of France in that period).

[@radarwill]

How many years have to pass before it's not considered grave site desecration?

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

Desecration means destroying it completely. From Egypt to Medieval Europe, there's so much about the past that we must learn lest it be forgotten forever. I will admit, all the Egyptian artifacts that have been taken out of tombs and sent elsewhere should be returned. But in this case, we can easily build a new tomb for this unknown person while we study it. Then when we are finished, put it in the new tomb. With this discovery, they may build in a basement for the tomb. And have a stairwell for tourists to look at it through a glass panel or something.

[@radarwill]

@@TimberlakeTigerGirl I think you should open an English Dictionary.

[@bryanmavis8771]

I guess it does seem like a grave site desecration. But im still curious on the findings though even if it might be disappointing.

[@backintimealwyn5736]

@@bryanmavis8771 it's probably a priest , it was custom to burry them underneath churches and cathedrals , you see tombs everywhere in France when you visit churches, you walk over the names and dates.

[@ablemagawitch]

@@backintimealwyn5736 Quality/construction materials of Coffin would have been an expensive one for priest. Although a rich benefactor could have done so to try to buy their way into heaven instead of actually do good deeds for living with that money. The church is largest corporate with the most holdings in the world, all in a tax free bracket to boot.

[@someguy9778]

There has to be a record somewhere in their archives that states who this important person is. It's clearly someone important.

[@peterfarell7696]

@Kingbee It wasn't intentional.

[@lilspikes81]

Poor guy died of covid

[@bonsang1073]

no he died of black death. cities have all been surveyed using ground penetrating radar, they knew it was there and are hoping for another epidemic

[@egongefferie9194]

Well in the 1400 Europe was tortured by plaques and floods .

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

If it made of silver, we all know what it meant for

[@looking8030]

That’s awesome

[@Mvnst3r]

oh, how i love archeology

[@trent6319]

When does archeology become grave robbing?

[@tterbay]

@@trent6319 Good question. I never considered that.

[@ghostshrimp5006]

@@trent6319 One is for profit, the other is for research to understanding of our past

[@trent6319]

@@ghostshrimp5006 ok but there's a time part to it. Even if there doing the best science a scientist can't dig up a random modern grave without consent.

[@seanwebb605]

@@trent6319 Bodies are exhumed by authorities all of the time. Not always at the request or with the approval of the family. Especially if a family member is now the suspect in the death. This grave isn't at all random. It is specific. Had it not been interned with care under the Notre Dame Cathedral it wouldn't have been much interest to anyone.

[@susanvaughan-schiele210]

a crypt? under a church?? Amazing! not

[@rescueumbrella]

Any follow up on this find?

[@birchthebirch4593]

Fascinating

[@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit3550]

Hmmm What are you planning master? A new punishment? A new message? Or a hidden prophecy

[@imachristian1324]

What cor is the hair and how big is the coffin..if it bigger than a normal human , cover it back up and leave it buried

[@GT-nh5zg]

Just curious. Why?

[@TIM-O21]

any update on this then?

[@elfkind5590]

They told him it would be a GOLD sarcophagus .... it seemed like a good deal

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

What gets in people's minds that compels them to be buried in such places? From Pharaohs to high-profile celebrities, they are fixated on preserving the flesh. It's amazing.

[@UnseenEternalStudios]

I know right. And they convince and legislate us common folk get cremated

[@grinningtiki220]

It was common practice during church construction and after that the wealthiest donors and the next-of-kin would get buried underneath their construction projects. A sign of status.

[@JLone55]

He probably thought it would be less likely that his remains would be disturbed…the irony!

[@ieceineint452]

Churches and the alters were seen as very holy places, so being buried as close as possible was seen to be beneficial for the soul. Its also a prestige matter because only those who could afford to give generously would be permitted to be buried within the church (aside from noteworthy clergy of course)

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

@@ieceineint452 - I appreciate all that but it's all so ... Catholic. Catholic culture is VERY different from Christian culture. The culture we get from reading the New Testament has no sense of holy places or holy objects here on earth. Judaism and Catholicism (and Islam too because they copy EVERYTHING from the Catholic Church) have these super holy places, super holy people, and super holy objects. That is completely foreign to biblical Christianity.

[@damonturnbull5903]

The 14th century is not ancient. It's the Middle Ages.

[@catherinehenry6762]

I reckon that "ancient" is purely subjective. 14th century (700 years old) is pretty danged OLD, and even borderline ancient IMO. If you're from Europe you probably view "ancient" as anything over 1000 yo. If American or Australian, it would be more like 200 to 300, in certain cases, just being a grand parent can qualify you as "ancient." See? Subjective, I told you.

[@damonturnbull5903]

​@@catherinehenry6762 Well, When we talk about history, which we are, we use the correct terminology, Ancient history is 600 BC - AD 500. I come from Australia, we have ancient history here. It's First Nation history and it continues right up through to the present day. European history/settlement is modern history. 1450 to the present. I suspect you have a very white Anglo view of history, re your statement about America and Australia. But, funny enough, there was people that lived in both places many years before the colonisation and destruction of their culture. Quick History lesson; His Story. Ancient Times (600 B.C. to 476 A.D.) The Middle Ages (476 A.D. to 1450 A.D.) Early Modern Era (1450-A.D. to 1750 A.D.) Modern Era (1750 A.D to Present) and then all this can be broken into smaller time periods depending on where you come from.

[@damonturnbull5903]

@@taqiyyaconcarne6908 I'm not sure what you mean by "Like men and woman.'' I know that gender is very subjective it is fluid. Could you please explain what you mean.

[@jadawin10]

The title literally translates from French, where the word "ancien" only means "old"...

[@damonturnbull5903]

@@jadawin10 That's all well and good if we where talking Etymology but we are talking about History and the correct use terminology.

[@932ForeverLove]

Kind of excited to see who is in the sarcophagus.

[@sarahmccollum3694]

They're not showing the entire length.

[@badapple65]

Leave the dead alone. Intriguing as it is. Bury it again.

[@ghostshrimp5006]

OK then bury every other ancient artifact ever found, they weren’t ours so put them back.

[@kymmoore853]

Sorry to disappoint but a 14th century sarcophagus is hardly ‘ancient’. There are still functioning pubs in Europe older than that.

[@seanwebb605]

Well the pubs operating for centuries is a little bit of urban myth too. Certainly not the same company. Certainly not all original in terms of the buildings, roofing, walls etc. They should quality those claims and say a pub has operated almost continuously in or around that location for centuries. Then discuss a business moving to different locations with different ownership and management, rebuilding after fires etc.

[@paulb9769]

It is just more stuff to keep us entertained.

[@jadawin10]

@@seanwebb605 The title was literally translated from French, where the word "ancien" only means "old" ...

[@seanwebb605]

@@jadawin10 Now try to understand the context and appreciate that terms are used differently in specific fields of study.

[@jadawin10]

@@seanwebb605 Rien à foutre. Im French...

[@jeanhawken4482]

When are we going to see more content regarding the restoration.

[@roylavecchia1436]

I'd like to see that too.

[@jellojoe00]

Neat!

[@jsmcguireIII]

Uh-oh, another incorrupt saint corpse.

[@jimmyb6842]

What about all the dead babys burried in the walls and under the floors?

[@princekrice3819]

Imagine if that thing was sealed there

[@rushthezeppelin]

I hope they find out it's some great saint! More first class relics!

[@maximesaindon3552]

I really want to know who it is! There's so many stories this discovery could tell us.

[@rushthezeppelin]

I hope it's a saint, more relics!

[@Greyteam4291]

Then someone opened it and released another curse upon the world. Oh well

[@bonsang1073]

yeah black death was all the rage at that time

[@Greyteam4291]

@Tiago de Mello technically still. Demons and vampires explains several politicians.

[@littlefox8352]

Or the opposite, stop being so glass half empty type of guy

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Very interesting, though no surprise. Any Italian cathedral would have several buried beneath it.

[@commandan7baby]

Any european church has countless bodies buried benaeth it, but they are talking about it because it's notre dame and this was probably someone important.

[@allanhall2062]

You cannot possibly fathom how thirsty I am.

[@littlefox8352]

lol

[@chongging1238]

Kiln, not sarcophagus? Also looks like part of a mould IMO - to make artwork or ceremonial statues. Lastly, isn't it funny that the site has been dug out and "mould" cleared of dirt and rubble EXCEPT where the FACE and CHEST of a human shaped figure would be?

[@CadaverousBeing]

How on earth would you use this as a kiln? Lead melts dude... A lot quicker than other metals you could make a kiln with. Of course it looks like a mould, it's a coffin. Coffins are molded from dead bodies. Lastly, isn't it funny how they placed PLASTIC WRAP over the face and chest with dirt on top, as if something was painted on, and the archaeologists want to do their best to avoid exposing it to elements and potentially destroying the image? Google images of this sarcophagus yourself, notice the whiteness underneath the plastic, notice how there's not a single picture without that plastic protection. There's something painted on this thing obviously, and whoever put the plastic there thought it was worth preserving. You're on the right track, you're just thinking about what's at the end of the track, instead of how to get to the end.

[@chongging1238]

@@CadaverousBeing - aware of plastic (weighing the plastic down on the low points to conform to it's shape). Kiln because of red brick surrounding it. Oh, and kiln to smelt soft metals, potentially certain types of rock, or plaster.. etc.

[@chongging1238]

@@CadaverousBeing - Trust. We both do our research. We both also have our own opinions on reality and experiences of our own which change our perceptions and whatnot. I do appreciate the almost objective response though.

[@chongging1238]

@@CadaverousBeing - Sorry for all the replies lol.. one more thing.. no one knows exactly how old each renovation or addition to the site is. Modern dating techniques change parameters constantly so I personally tend to ignore certain dates depending on the institution providing it. Also, it's just a hypothesis. It doesn't have to be one or the other.. there are many degrees in between.

[@CadaverousBeing]

@@chongging1238 definitely wasn't attacking your position :) I'm not tryna stomp out "wonder", it's important to imagine, but my response was more about breaking down the statement in the form of an argument. One love 😊

[@patty4709]

What is going to happen to all of these bodies uncovered? Are we disturbing all these graves in the name of history?

[@rushthezeppelin]

If it's a saint the Church will take the body for first class relics.

[@mitchmaxwell8755]

Do you want Vampires? Because that's how you get Vampiers!

[@legendairy9054]

so they still havent said what was inside but upon doing some research as they stated they can tell it had to have been a religious leader and believe it was from the 14th century would line up with it being Valdes also known as Peter Waldo , the leader of the Waldensians which the Waldensians were renovating the Notre Dame after a fire between 1163-1345 . which lines up with being aged from the 14th century as thats when the renovations finished, Also Peter Waldo died around 1205-1218 which would make sense and place him there which also placing him as the highest religious leader there at that time. also if you look up Peter Waldos burial site, its unknown. This is an incredible discovery if it really is his burial site.

[@ButchNews]

The Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, was roasted alive on that island, March 19, 1314. It is said the monks removed his skull and bones and they have not been seen, since. King Phillip IV and Pope Clement were in attendance. That was the end of the Knights in France. The Grand Master's skull and bones are those of the Jolly Roger and the Jack O'Lantern is also the Grand Master... French for "Jacques burning". The Free Masons would arise from the ashes and hold that date special. The Free Masons are still at war with the Roman Catholic Church and the Doctrine of Faith, specifically, states that no Free Mason shall receive the sacraments. Up until 1984 it said they would go straight to Hell but the last Pope (Ratzinger) re-wrote the revised Doctrine of Faith. Shriners are not to receive the sacraments and, thus, will go to Hell... according to the Roman Catholic doctrine. Me, I'm an atheist and consider religions... all of them, to be the epitome of evil. Oh... Friday the 13th comes from when the Knights were first arrested... Friday, Oct. 13, 1307. The Masons hold that date in reverence, too, and the cornerstone of the White House was laid on Fri. Oct. 13th with 6 Free Masons, in FULL MASONIC UNIFORM, with aprons, in attendance. The Templar fleet, all 200 ships were at anchor in St. Rochelle on Oct. 13th and were gone... ALL OF THEM, the next day, as was the Templar treasure which has never been found. It is of record that 15 ships with NO FLAG showed up in the Firth of Forth at the end of Oct. and Robert the Bruce gave them shelter. At the Battle of Banockburne, it is said mounted knights fought on the Scottish side. The British outnumbered the Scots, 30 to 1 but lost the battle. The Scots lured the British knights into a bog where they were helpless and mowed down. For a good read on the Templars read BORN IN BLOOD by John Robinson. Your local library is sure to have a copy.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

At Bannockburn the Scots were fighting the English - not the 'British'. Scots not outnumbered 30 - 1. 20 - 25k English against 5 - 8k Scots.

[@ButchNews]

@@Wotsitorlabart Ooops. I exaggerated because I was being too lazy to look it up... the Scots were greatly outnumbered was my point and the Knights was the weird thing. Mentioned in "Born in Blood"... the Scots had no knights of their own, nor were they as well equipped as the English. As for British and English, I'll try to remember to keep them separate in future but am not entirely sure you are correct except the term "Britain" seems more popular after 1600. It was a military change of operations. In the olden days the sides would line up against each other at a dedent time of morning and simply advance towards each other until one side won. The Scots had none of that and employed trickery and lured the English into a trap. The next major change in military operations came from Napoleon and we still use his concepts of war... independently supplied units with their own supply lines. War is more about getting food to the troops than bullets. Here is what I just found: Nomenclature. The name Britain is derived from the name Britannia, used by the Romans from circa 55 BC and increasingly used to describe the island which had formerly been known as insula Albionum, the "island of the Albions" "Once you have figured out the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom, you can move on to learning how the kingdom became united. Three “Acts of Union” are the key. The U.K. flag, the Union Jack, is a great visual aid for keeping the story straight, but the story started a long time before the flag came into existence at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1284 the crown of England annexed Wales under the Statute of Wales. But annexation and incorporation are two different matters, and the Act of Union of 1536 declared English King Henry VIII’s wish to incorporate Wales within his realm. The Welsh were to be accorded the same political status as the English and to send representatives to Parliament. In with English common law, out with Welsh law. None of this came into effect until 1543, however, when all the details were laid out in a second act. Still, Wales and England had been unified. Sixty years later, England and Scotland were still entirely independent kingdoms when Queen Elizabeth I of England died unmarried and childless in 1603. Her cousin James VI, who happened to be the king of Scotland, also became the king of England as James I under what became known as the union of the crowns. He was determined to bring the two kingdoms together into a single British state. Failing to achieve that goal, he contented himself with their symbolic unification in the creation of a flag in 1606 that bore both the English cross of St. George and the Scottish cross of St. Andrew. That banner, the forerunner of the United Kingdom’s familiar flag, took its name, the Union Jack, from the shortened form of the name Jacobus, the Latin version of James.

[@lisamarie6411]

@@ButchNews , I love it! Did we just become Best Friends? Xo

[@laurencesmith2199]

Scotland has a strange history , as the digs in Orkney especially the Ness of Brodgar continue to show . I doubt any Scottish army really held off the Roman Empire , or no great Viking presence on the Scottish mainland despite being the closest country to them . None of the half dozen German/ Danish tribes who invaded England ventured north , the Norman French made allies with us , and the Templars made Scotland their exile home and built their finest church at Roslyn . The Scottish Rite is used by the western hemisphere's Masons . I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing , but it's a strange thing .

[@christinelaloba8869]

Oh, that was interesting

[@waw4428]

Intersting, a 700 year old sarcophagus... Did everyone forget what happened 700 years ago? Something like the Plague...

[@bicentensol]

A Pandora's box?

[@laurencesmith2199]

Betcha it's the Dame !

[@shadowrunner2323]

Good to know some positives came from the fire.

[@sacagawea9743]

When do we get to see the alien inside? That thing is huge!!

[@debt4717]

Good God, this old woman needs glasses. I thought it said, "Ancient esophagus found"...

[@mickyr171]

haha