Researchers in Britain have found an intact chicken egg at an archaeology dig site that is believed to be at least 1,700 years old, according to The BBC.
According to scientists, the egg still has liquid inside.
A micro CT scan - a scan that produces 3D images - revealed the contents of the egg, complete with the air sac, the BBC story reported.
The “Aylesbury egg” is one of four that were found alongside a woven basket, pottery vessels, leather shoes and animal bone in 2010, The Guardian reported.
The eggs were found as a site was being explored ahead of a major development in the area.
Three of the four eggs were broken as they were being retrieved. According to those on the site, the nearly 2,000-year-old eggs released a “potent stench” when they broke.
The fourth egg was retrieved intact.
Edward Biddulph, senior project manager at Oxford Archaeology, which oversaw the excavation, said it was “amazing to find an intact egg from that period in the country, but it was “absolutely incredible” that the egg still retains its original contents.
Dana Goodburn-Brown, an archaeological conservator and materials scientist, suggested the egg be scanned to determine how best to preserve it.
After it was scanned, researchers were shocked to find out that not only was the egg intact, but that it still contained the liquid inside.
“The egg turned out to be even more amazing. It still contained its liquid, the yolk and the white,” Biddulph said.
“We might have expected it to have leached out over the centuries but it is still there. It is absolutely incredible.”
The egg is being housed at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury while work continues to figure out how to extract the contents without breaking the shell.
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Watafiti wa Uingereza wamegundua yai la kuku katika eneo la kuchimbua ambalo linaaminika kuwa na umri wa miaka 1,700 hivi. Kulingana na wanasayansi, yai hilo bado lina umajimaji ndani yake. Uchunguzi wa CT (micro CT scan) unaofanywa kwa kutumia picha za 3D ulionyesha kwamba yai hilo lilikuwa na sehemu ya ndani ya tumbo la uzazi, na pia sehemu ya ndani ya tumbo la uzazi. "Kichwa cha Aylesbury ni moja ya mayai manne yaliyopatikana pamoja na kikapu, vyombo vya udongo, viatu vya ngozi na mifupa ya wanyama mwaka 2010, ""The Guardian" Mayai hayo yalipatikana wakati eneo hilo lilipokuwa likichunguzwa kabla ya maendeleo makubwa katika eneo hilo. Mayai matatu kati ya manne yalivunjika yalipokuwa yakichukuliwa. Kulingana na wale walio kwenye tovuti hiyo, mayai hayo yenye umri wa miaka 2,000 hivi yalitokeza "harufu mbaya sana" yalipovunjika. Yai la nne lilipatikana likiwa limehifadhiwa. Edward Biddulph, meneja mwandamizi wa mradi katika Oxford Archaeology, ambaye alisimamia uchimbaji, alisema ilikuwa "ya kushangaza kupata yai lisilo na uharibifu kutoka kipindi hicho nchini, lakini ilikuwa "haitazamiwi kabisa" kwamba yai bado inahifadhi yaliyomo ya awali. Dana Goodburn-Brown, mhifadhi wa vitu vya kale na mwanasayansi wa vifaa, alipendekeza kwamba yai hilo lichunguzwe ili kuamua jinsi ya kulihifadhi vizuri zaidi. Baada ya kuchunguzwa, watafiti walishtuka kugundua kwamba si kwamba yai hilo halikuwa limeharibiwa, bali bado lilikuwa na umajimaji ndani yake. <unk>Yai lilitokea kuwa la kushangaza hata zaidi. Bado ilikuwa na kioevu chake, manjano na nyeupe, <unk> alisema Biddulph. <unk>Tungeweza kutarajia kwamba imevunjika kwa karne nyingi lakini bado ipo. Jiko hilo limehifadhiwa katika jumba la makumbusho la Discover Bucks huko Aylesbury, wakati kazi inaendelea kutafuta njia ya kuondoa yaliyomo bila kuvunja ganda. 2021 - Mkutano wa Media wa Cox