Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — The Most Ancient Egg. [ARTICLE]

The Most Ancient Egg.

Just.before the war began, during 1 xcavations in the ancient Moguntinenm, under the auspices of the Archeological society of Mayence, there was foul'd a hen's egg which was estimated to have been burled in the earth for son ething like 1(1 centuries. Moguntiacum was built by Drusus, the son of the Roman emperor Augustus, in die year 14 B. C.‘ Upon the site of the ancient Roman castrum or encampment near the city the excavations in question brought to light many interesting relics, including some water cisterns of Roman make. It was In one of these, which was located some 20 feet below the surface, that a damaged Roman eJaypot was discovered containing the shell of a broken egg and also a whole egg that had been kept from being smashed by a shred of the damaged pot, which covered it. TUg ancient egg was deposited in the municipal museum.