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Mystery of a Lead Coffin Discovered Beneath Notre-Dame Solved...?

As an aside - a footnote to all of this - #47 has signalled intent to be there at the reopening. No, not that second coming:

"It is an honor to announce that I will be traveling to Paris, France, on Saturday to attend the re-opening of the Magnificent and Historic Notre-Dame Cathedral, which has been fully restored after a devastating fire five years ago," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. Le Monde
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Curious use of initial capitals there, plus the need to point out Paris is in France.

In total, Besnier's team found 1,035 fragments of numerous works of art. The excavations have uncovered around a hundred graves, increasing the total number of recorded epitaphs in the cathedral to over five hundred, according to National Geographic. Each excavation of the cathedral's floor has revealed coffins, often unidentified, as well as scattered bones, highlighting the presence of historical artifacts at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
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Among the significant discoveries were fragments of the 13th-century jubé (choir screen) and lead sarcophagi, one of which may belong to the poet Joachim du Bellay, as reported by Ouest-France. The excavations at the crossing of the transept yielded a very large number of elements of the medieval jubé in an exceptional state of conservation, according to Inrap. The crossing, where the transept meets the nave and choir, is a significant area for archaeological investigation during the reconstruction, National Geographic explains. Jerusalem Post
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Will there be a plaque...? <shrug> They are all possibly turning in their graves at the new ballroom effects.
 
Vixen said:
Curious use of initial capitals there, plus the need to point out Paris is in France.
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That was necessary, or otherwise lots of MAGA supporters would stream to Paris, Virginia to catch a glimpse of him there, or they would confuse the city with Paris, Hilton.
 
steenkh said:
That was necessary, or otherwise lots of MAGA supporters would stream to Paris, Virginia to catch a glimpse of him there, or they would confuse the city with Paris, Hilton.
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Wait till they go looking for Notre Dame Cathedral....

"That lil'ole church over there...? Back in the States we have bigger ones."
 
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