Under Notre Dame, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history
35 points by cobbzilla 2 days ago | 2 comments

make3 56 minutes ago
It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well.

One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers. The burning of the library of Alexandria is such an incredible sadness

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cubefox 44 minutes ago
> One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers.

You might be interested in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, a historical novel about such a lost work.

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