Workers found mysterious “time capsule” under 100-year-old tree (photo)

Experts have dated the finds from the early 1700s to the mid-1800s. All discovered items are now labeled and stored in the church.

During construction work on the grounds of Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabeth City (North Carolina, USA), workers found a mysterious object resembling a “time capsule” buried under a century-old magnolia tree. CNN writes about this.

Interested in the find, the rector of the temple, Daniel Cenci, together with one of the members of the congregation, carried out an impromptu archaeological excavation. Their efforts were not in vain: among the brick fragments they found fragments of ancient dishes, bottles, glassware and animal bones.

Given the many battles that occurred in Eastern North Carolina during the Civil War, the Holy Father at first thought this was a grave or an unmarked soldier’s grave.

He contacted the local museum to determine the provenance of the artifacts. Experts dated the finds to between the early 1700s and the mid-1800s. Interestingly, the bones turned out not to be human; one of them probably belonged to a wild boar.

“At this stage we think it could be the basement of an old house or a water tank from that period,” said Father Cenci.

Now all discovered items are being labeled and stored in the church, where they will be sent to the North Carolina State Department of Archaeology for further research and testing.

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Source: Focus

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