KD: MIB's Agent Kay said the following, "A Person is Smart. People are Dumb, etc...". Wondering if news like this are being used by TPTB to measure the dumbness of the general masses.
Archaeologists in Britain discovered a basket of 1,700-year-old eggs from Ancient Rome - and accidentally broke three of them, releasing the "world's oldest stinkbombs," SWNS reports.
According to a press release, the eggs were among a trove of rare items recovered from a waterlogged pit in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The gaping hole preserved organic items that would have otherwise deteriorated in the soil, including a rare wooden basket, leather shoes, and wooden vessels and tools.
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- The only complete chicken's egg from Roman Britain is a "genuinely unique discovery", according to an expert.
Archaeologists in Britain discovered a basket of 1,700-year-old eggs from Ancient Rome - and accidentally broke three of them, releasing the "world's oldest stinkbombs," SWNS reports.
According to a press release, the eggs were among a trove of rare items recovered from a waterlogged pit in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The gaping hole preserved organic items that would have otherwise deteriorated in the soil, including a rare wooden basket, leather shoes, and wooden vessels and tools.
- Three of the four eggs were intact upon discovery, but two cracked during retrieval, releasing a pungent rotten egg smell. One of the fragile vessels emerged from the pit intact and is now being hailed as the only complete Roman egg ever found in Britain.
- “The eggs may have been carried within a funerary procession,” says Biddulph. “The procession stopped at the pit, where a religious ceremony took place and the food offerings were cast into the pit for the spirits of the underworld or in the hope of rebirth.”
- For now, the British egg is safely enconsced in an acid-free tissue paper-lined box housed at Oxford Archaeology’s headquarters. It will soon go on view at the local Buckinghamshire County Museum.
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