1,700-year-old Roman egg found in fascinating discovery is not empty
A nearly two millenia old Roman egg found in 2010 was discovered to still contain liquid inside it.
This egg was discovered in 2010 along with four others.
This egg was discovered in 2010 along with four others. (Oxford Archaeology via X.com)
Some 1,700-year-old speckled chicken eggs were discovered in a Roman pit dug up in Buckinghamshire in England but even more interestingly, a scan revealed that one of the eggs still has liquid inside it. It is believed to be a mix of yolk and egg white and could yield secrets of the bird that laid it centuries ago.
“We do often find pieces of shells but not intact eggs. The egg turned out to be even more amazing. It still contained its liquid, the yolk and the white. We might have expected it to have leached out over the centuries but it is still there. It is absolutely incredible. It may be the oldest egg of its type in the world,” said Dana Goodburn-Brown, an archaeological conservator and materials scientist to The Guardian.