Bottle containing an archaeologist’s message discovered at the dig site Two hundred years later

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The little glass bottle was discovered inside an earthenware pot by student volunteers engaged in an emergency dig at the ruins of a Gaulish settlement threatened by cliff erosion, according to Guillaume Blondel, head of the town of Eu’s Regional Archaeology Service.

Blondel opened the bottle and read the message it contained after they brought it to him.

The statement says: “In January 1825, P.J. Féret, a Dieppe native and member of several intellectual societies, conducted excavations here. This large region, referred to as Caesar’s Camp or the Cité de Limes, is where he continues his research.

Blondel said, “It was an absolutely magic moment,” as reported by BBC News. “We knew there had been excavations here in the past, but to find this message from 200 years ago … it was a total surprise.”

According to Blondel, local documents showed that 200 years ago, Féret, a renowned archaeologist at the time, carried out his first excavation at the village site.

“When carpenters construct homes, they occasionally leave behind these time capsules. However, it is quite uncommon in archaeology. Since they’ve done all the effort, most archaeologists would rather believe that no one will be pursuing them,” he said.