At https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/intact-egg-still-contains-liquid/ … archaeologists in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire have unearthed a Roman period egg. Not only has it survived intact but it also still contains a liquid content. Presumably a mixture of yolk and egg white. This is a unique preservation as the egg has been dated 1700 years ago. How did it happen?
Aylesbury is currently undergoing substantial urban development, mainly houses. It is a requisite of British law that all new development has an archaeological ssurvey prior to actual removal of soil and its underlying geology. Aylesbury has, in the process, been found to have had a substantial Roman period line of settlements and industrial sites along the main Roman road. This has been mainly on the western side of the modern town. It looks like this new find is on the eastern side as a massive housing development is underway. The archaeology was done by Oxford Archaeology who specialise in these surveys. No opportunity for Bucks Archaeology to have a prod around is mentioned, so this may be news to them also.
The aforesaid egg was found in a pit that also contained three other eggs, that broke or were broken, and a pair of leather shoes and animal bones. It is thought it was part of a ritual offering although the pit had been used in the malting and brewing process. In order to preserve the eggs it must have been covered over quickly – sealing the offering to the gods. In other words the malting and brewing had ceased, and had moved elsewhere. Was there a god of beer? Why did he need eggs and a meat offering? Who was going to wear the shoes? More details will emerge after the full investigation is published, some way down the line. Snippets may emerge somewhat earlier.