500-year-old eggs found unbroken in Chinese tomb

Archaeologists discover a jar of rice and unbroken eggs that date back more than 500 years in Guang'an, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Nov 13,2019. - Xinhua

CHENGDU (Xinhua): Archaeologists in Southwest China's Sichuan province said Monday (Dec 9) that they had found a jar of rice and unbroken eggs that date back more than 500 years.

The jar was discovered from a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) tomb in a park in the city of Guang'an, said Tang Yunmei, curator of the Guang'an City Museum. Its epitaph suggests the tomb belonged to Yang Ming, who died in 1501, and his two wives.