In France, students found a 200-year-old note during archaeological excavations, CBS News reports.
The students were taking part in an excavation near the town of Dieppe in northern France. While studying the remains of a Gaulish village about 2,000 years old, they came across a clay vessel. Inside it was a glass bottle with a note from a 19th-century archaeologist.
The perfectly preserved leaflet read: “P. J. Feret, a native of Dieppe and member of various scientific societies, carried out excavations here in January 1825. He continues his research in this vast area known as the Cité de Limes or Caesar’s Fortification.”
Dieppe city archives have confirmed that excavations were indeed carried out near the city 200 years ago.
“Sometimes you come across such time capsules left by carpenters when building houses. But in archaeology, this is a great rarity. Most archaeologists prefer to think that no one will come after them, since they have already done all the work,” said the leader of the scientific group, Guillaume Blondel.
