Article 5X6AC Workers Discover 700-Year-Old Lead Coffin Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral

Workers Discover 700-Year-Old Lead Coffin Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral

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Isaac Schultz
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Out of the ashes of the Notre Dame cathedral's terrible fire are springing new discoveries: A team of archaeologists recently found sculptures and several tombs just below the church's floor, as well as a 14th-century lead sarcophagus that they believe belonged to a religious leader.

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