Archaeologists in France Dig Up a Jar Packed With Tens of Thousands of 1,800-Year-Old Roman Coins

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/1800-year-old-roman-coins-france-archaeology/

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fubarx@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 44d

baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 43d (3 replies)

*jar" doesn't really seem like the correct work for 10,000 anything unless its rice?

Damage@feddit.it · 8 pts · 43d
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 43d
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Zarobi@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 43d

Jug

wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 44d

Welp, there goes the value of my collection. Thanks, Science! 🤌🏼

^(/s)^

TIEPilot@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 44d

This hoard won't be sold on Crust Romans, I really wish I had bought more when they had so much inventory.

HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 43d (3 replies)

Fuck the comment section on that site is cancer.

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 43d (1 reply)
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fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 43d

How could a comment section about some coins found in a pot turn into comment cancer?

[Checks comments]

Oh. I see. It turns out our calendar system is "woke", "patriot Christians" are an "oppressed minority" and archeology is "theft from hard-working private landowners".

Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 43d

First comment with the (probably from the US) dude confidently being wrong about french law regarding archeological finds is pretty entertaining.

Also the one throwing a fit about "CE" vs "AD" notation for years is pretty great

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 44d (2 replies)

But were there any pickled eggs?

Zier@fedia.io · 4 pts · 43d (1 reply)

Century eggs.

somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 43d

Multi millennium eggs.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 43d

They never got around to putting them in those paper sleeves?

four@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 43d (1 reply)

They found my swear jar, fuck

cm0002@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 43d

>:O

Another roman coin for the swear jar

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 43d

How effing big was that jar to hold so many coins?