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An ancient egg laid by a bird roughly 1,700 years ago was discovered in England so well-preserved, its contents are still sloshing around inside of it.
The incredible ovum may be the only discovery of its kind in the world. It's certainly the oldest whole egg ever found from Roman times.The egg's discovery was first announced back in 2019, but it wasn't until recently that conservationists scanned the specimen and realized its insides hadn't leached out of its shell over time, as they expected.
Goodburn-Brown told Morris that the investigation was a major highlight of her 40-year career. It is, after all, a potentially once-in-a-lifetime discovery.Three other eggs found at the same archaeological site did not make it to a museum in one piece. They were accidentally broken by scientists upon analysis,The entire clutch of what are believed to be chicken eggs was unearthed in a waterlogged pit in the town of Aylesbury in southeast England, sometime between 2007 and 2016.
Upon discovering the precious contents of the one surviving egg, researchers transported it to the Natural History Museum in London for further analysis.
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Spectacularly preserved Roman-age egg still has its yolk and whitesTom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom. Tom writes mainly about science, space, archaeology, the Earth and the oceans. He has also written for the BBC, NBC News, National Geographic, Scientific American, Air & Space, and many others.
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