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Workers Setting Up Scaffolding at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Discover Ancient Tomb

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Crews preparing to repair the ancient spire that was destroyed in the devastating 2019 fire have found ancient tombs with perfectly preserved mummies.

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Workers racing against a tight deadline to reopen the devastated cathedral of Notre Dame by Easter 2024—after it was nearly destroyed in a fire sparked by an electrical short three years ago—were shocked to find an ancient graveyard that included a “completely preserved, human-shaped sarcophagus made of lead” in the...

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