Hidden staircase in church leads archaeologists to unearth 400-year-old burial vault

Archaeologists have unveiled a 400-year-old burial vault after following a long-lost staircase.  

The staircase was discovered within the Church of Saint Philibert in Dijon, France.

The Romanesque church dates again to the second half of the twelfth century, based on the French National Institute for Preventative Archaeological Research (Inrap).

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“In the transept, a vault, in all probability from the Fifteenth-Sixteenth centuries, has been recognized. In it, the deceased, youngsters and adults, are buried in coffins, the bones of every particular person being pushed to the perimeters to make room for the final deceased,” stated an Inrap press launch.

The deceased consisted of principally adults wearing shrouds positioned in picket coffins.

“Very few objects have been discovered within the tombs aside from uncommon cash and two rosaries,” added the press launch.

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Children and adults from the Fifteenth to Sixteenth centuries have been present in coffins on the Church of Saint Philibert in Dijon, France. (Christophe Fouquin, Inrap)

Archaeology crews with Inrap discovered that the inspiration of the vault measures about 9 ft in depth, and slab tombs that have been found date from the eleventh by means of thirteenth centuries.

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Six sarcophagi have been additionally unearthed. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Inrap for remark.

Two rosaries and a number of cash have been discovered with the our bodies.  (Christophe Fouquin, Inrap)

St. Philibert is the one Romanesque from the twelfth century church left in Dijon, based on The Institutional Repository for the University of Notre Dame (CurateND). 

“During the Revolution, the church was deserted in 1795. It was given to the town which razed the 2 chapels and apse of the church to broaden the current Rue des Vieilles-Ovens in 1825,” based on analysis posted on CurateND.

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St. Philibert is open to the general public on choose dates for Heritage Days.