Archaeologists in Dijon, France, discovered a 400-year-old burial vault beneath the Church of Saint Philibert. The vault, likely dating back to the 15th-16th centuries, contained the remains of both adults and children buried in wooden coffins.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 400-year-old burial vault after tracing a long-lost staircase. The staircase was found in the Church of Saint Philibert in Dijon, France . The Romanesque church dates back to the second half of the 12th century, according to the French National Institute for Preventative Archaeological Research (Inrap). In the transept, a vault, probably from the 15th-16th centuries, has been identified.
In it, the deceased, children and adults, are buried in coffins, the bones of each individual being pushed to the sides to make room for the last deceased. The deceased consisted of mostly adults dressed in shrouds placed in wooden coffins. Very few objects were found in the tombs apart from rare coins and two rosaries. Archaeology crews with Inrap found that the foundation of the vault measures about 9 feet in depth, and slab tombs that were discovered date from the 11th through 13th centuries. Six sarcophagi were also unearthed. St. Philibert is the only Romanesque from the 12th century church left in Dijon, according to The Institutional Repository for the University of Notre Dame (CurateND). During the Revolution, the church was abandoned in 1795. It was given to the city which razed the two chapels and apse of the church to expand the present Rue des Vieilles-Ovens in 1825. St. Philibert is open to the public on select dates for Heritage Days
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