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Workers fixing a crumbling French church discovered a hidden world beneath their feet: medieval burial vaults, ancient graves, and stone coffins dating back 1,500 years. The accidental find in Dijon is rewriting centuries of local history.
A lost copy of the first poem ever written in Old English has been discovered in a Rome library, connecting a cowherd's hymn to modern readers across 13 centuries. Digital technology helped researchers uncover this literary treasure that had been hiding in plain sight.
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Researchers discovered a lost copy of the oldest English poem, written by an illiterate cowherd who composed verses after a dream. The 1,200-year-old manuscript shows Old English held its own against Latin in medieval Britain.