Archaeologists find a jar of eggs in ancient tomb in China’s Jiangsu
By Reuters
12 April 2019 |
7:55 am
Archaeologists have found a jar of eggs in a tomb dating back 2500 years in eastern China.In the video, filmed in Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province on March 25, a jar of around 20 eggs was found buried in a tomb by archaeologists, along with various cookware items from the country's Spring and Autumn period (770-476BC) .
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