Only on AP: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a ‘dig of the century’ unearths 1,700 years of history ^15.7%

AP News - By THOMAS ADAMSON, JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - 6/2/2026, 4:04 AM

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PARIS (AP) — Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles. Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the other way — straight down and back in time, to Roman Paris 2,000 years ago. In 2019, fire brought Notre Dame’s spire crashing down as the world... more