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AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 396 words · By Associated Press; JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
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AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history PARIS (AP) — Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles.

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AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history PARIS (AP) — Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles.

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Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the other way — straight down and back in time, to Roman Paris 2,000 years ago.

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In 2019, fire brought Notre … Associated Press flipped this story into International News•25d Related storyboards

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Millie Bobby Brown... 22-year-old actress held hands with husband Jake Bongiovi”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Millie Bonnie Bongiovi (née Brown; born 19 February 2004), known professionally as Millie Bobby Brown, is a British actress and film producer. She gained international recognition for playing Eleven i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Noah Cameron Schnapp (born October 3, 2004) is an American actor. He made his acting debut in 2015 with his portrayal of Charlie Brown in the animated film The Peanuts Movie and his supporting role in…
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Claim 2: “Russia attacks the Ukrainian capital and burns down the important Orthodox cathedral in Kyiv, a World Heritage Site”
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Multiple independent web sources report that Russian attacks on Kyiv resulted in the burning of the Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 ... The historic Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra—a UNESCO World Heritage site—was set ablaze. Clergy rushed to assess the damage and ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 ... Catholic and Orthodox leaders are expressing shock and outrage after a Russian drone strike heavily damaged a historic monastery complex in ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 ... Over the course of 24 hours, Russian strikes damaged not only the Dormition Cathedral but also the Art Arsenal exhibition center in Kyiv, the ...
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Claim 3: “The ongoing “dig of the century” under Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has turned up everything from medieval pottery, animal bones and drinking [vessels]”
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Multiple web search results confirm the 'dig of the century' under Notre Dame has uncovered medieval pottery and animal bones.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame Cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2000 years ago.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/dig-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... They've also found medieval grain storage pits, domestic remains, pottery, and animal bones from centuries of daily life, layered directly ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZFfmDCjixf/
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago ... During restoration, archaeologists uncovered more than 1,000 fragments of medieval artworks, including life-sized 13th-century limestone statues ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaDMzhsDU_g/
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Claim 4: “In 2019, fire brought Notre [Dame]...”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly confirm a structural fire broke out at Notre-Dame de Paris on April 15, 2019.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] : "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 15 April 2019, at 18:18 CEST, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France, that is part of the "Paris, Banks of the Seine" U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_fire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; NOH-tər-DAYM; ND) is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The university was founded in 1842…
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Claim 5: “Archaeologists excavating Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have uncovered... a 1,700-year-old Roman coin”
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Multiple independent web sources (including Fox News) confirm the discovery of a 1,700-year-old Roman coin (specifically one featuring Emperor Constantine) during the Notre Dame excavations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... Archaeologists in France made a remarkable discovery when they uncovered a jar filled with tens of thousands of Roman coins, buried for nearly ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 19, 2026 ... Archaeologists excavating Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have uncovered centuries of buried history, including a 1,700-year-old Roman coin ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... Among the hundreds of objects already found: a fourth-century coin stamped with the face of the Emperor Constantine, and shards of medieval ...
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Claim 6: “Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that archaeological excavations beneath Notre Dame have uncovered remains spanning 1,700 years, including Roman and medieval layers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] : "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II is a square in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. Located on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité, the square is bordered by the Hôtel-Dieu hospital to the n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvis_Notre-Dame_–_Place_Jean…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Musée de Notre-Dame de Paris was a small museum dedicated to the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris and its archaeology. It was located at 10 Rue du Cloître Notre-Dame, Paris, France. The museum wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_de_Notre_Dame_de_Paris
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