Note Written by Archaeologist 200 Years Ago Unearthed in France

Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 20, 2024 | editors / unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Unrolled message documenting 1825 excavations

Municipal Archaeology Service of the City of Eu

[SunkenCiv]

[Lurker]

“Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”

L

[Spacetrucker]

Heh, my wife still buys it for me.

[onona]

first thing that popped into my austere brain

[ComputerGuy]

That note was handwritten?

[rod5591]

So what did the note say? Article forgets to include that important point! LOL!

[rod5591]

never mind!

[MayflowerMadam]

“That note was handwritten?”

It’s gorgeous. My father’s handwriting was beautiful — almost like calligraphy. Good handwriting was stressed back then, unlike now when kids are forbidden to use cursive (so they’re unable to read cursive, IMO).

[KarlInOhio]

The current archaeologist now needs to bury his notes about finding P.J.Feret's note to form the archaeology equivalent of an infinite power supply.

[Yardstick]

That’s what I was wondering. Some characters have a handwritten look but others have serifs and look printed.

[Berkeley under cover]

Very pretty area. The site close to Dieppe. Dieppe is a wonderful town to visit.

[usurper]

Look how nice peoples penmanship was back then.

[Enterprise]

The article provides the translation:

“P.J Féret, a native of Dieppe, member of various intellectual societies, carried out excavations here in January 1825. He continues his investigations in this vast area known as the Cité de Limes or Caesar’s Camp.”

reads the translated statement.

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[null and void]

That note was handwritten?

Maybe, I can't read cursive ‘That’s retarded, Sir’...

[ComputerGuy]

In the entire history of the Graham Road Elementary School, no student since me has ever produced a more incomprehensible cursive writing than my left-handed efforts.

[StAnDeliver]

I’ve stayed in Dieppe. Those aren’t the bottles I remember.

[Joe 6-pack]

Reminds me a nit of them start of Michael Crichton's novel, "Timeline." Great book and ok movie with Gerard Butler before he got his big break with "300."

Crichton disavowed the movie over creative differences, but I still enjoyed it, probably because I enjoyed the book so much.