Spectacularly preserved Roman-age egg still has its yolk and whites
A three-dimensional scan of a 1,700-year-old egg discovered at a Roman site in England reveals that, eggs-traordinarily, it still has the remains of a yolk and egg white inside. It's thought to be the only time a centuries-old chicken egg found with its insides preserved. "We were absolutely blown away when we saw the contents in there, as we might have expected them to have leached out," Edward Biddulph , a senior project manager at the private company Oxford Archaeology , told BBC News . Related: 6 incredible egg facts, just in time for Easter The egg was one of four found several years ago during an archaeological excavation of a Roman-era site in the central English town of Aylesbury, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Oxford. Three of the fragile eggs fractured as they were unearthed, releasing a "potent stench," but the fourth remained intact. Now, the surviving egg has been scanned at the University of Kent with microscopic computed tomography ...