The medieval archaeology of Notre Dame

As the restoration of Notre Dame in Paris gathers pace archaeological work has revealed beneath the pavement a series of medieval burials in the central space at the crossing - one in an anthropomorphic lead coffin ascribed to the early fourteenth century - and also fragments of sculpture from the thirteenth century Rood Screen. These latter carvings are survivors from the reordering of the cathedral interior - wrecknovation? - in the post-Tridentine era.

There are reports about these discoveries from the MailOnline at Ancient sarcophagus is found under Notre Dame cathedral, from Live Science at 14th-century sarcophagus found at fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral and from Archaeology at Medieval Burials Uncovered at the Cathedral of Notre Dame