Editing Notre-Dame de Paris (section)

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In 2022, a preventive dig carried out between February and April before the construction of a scaffold for reconstructing the cathedral's flèche unearthed several statues and tombs under the cathedral.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=14 April 2022 |title='Extraordinary': ancient tombs and statues unearthed beneath Notre Dame Cathedral |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/ancient-tombs-statues-notre-dame-cathedral-archaeological-dig |access-date=15 April 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |location=Paris, France}}</ref> One of the discoveries was a 14th-century lead [[sarcophagus]] found {{cvt|65|feet|order=flip}} below where the [[transept]] crosses the church's 12th-century nave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-mysterious-sarcophagus-discovered-beneath-notre-dame-will-soon-be-opened-1234625466/|first=Tessa|last=Solomon|date=15 April 2022|title=A Mysterious Sarcophagus Discovered Beneath Notre-Dame Will Soon Be Opened|work=ARTnews|archive-date=8 April 2024|access-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408224659/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-mysterious-sarcophagus-discovered-beneath-notre-dame-will-soon-be-opened-1234625466/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 April 2022, France's National Preventive Archaeological Research Institute ({{Interlanguage link|INRAP|fr|Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives}}) announced that the sarcophagus was extracted from the cathedral and that scientists had examined the casket using an endoscopic camera, revealing the upper part of a skeleton.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sarcophagus-notre-dame-cathedral-mystery-opened/|date=14 April 2022|title=Mysterious sarcophagus found below fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral will soon be opened and its secrets revealed|work=CBS|archive-date=2 October 2023|access-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002144729/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sarcophagus-notre-dame-cathedral-mystery-opened/|url-status=live}}</ref> An opening was discovered below the cathedral floor, likely made around 1230 when the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral was first under construction; inside were fragments of a choir screen dating from the 13th century that had been destroyed in the early 18th century.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sarcophagus-discovered-notre-dame-excavation-1234622138/|first=Tessa|last=Solomon|date=17 March 2022|title=700-Year-Old Sarcophagus Discovered Beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral|work=ARTnews|archive-date=2 October 2023|access-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002144312/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sarcophagus-discovered-notre-dame-excavation-1234622138/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2023, archaeologists uncovered thousands of metal staples in various parts of the cathedral, some dating back to the early 1160s. The archaeologists concluded that "Notre Dame is now unquestionably the first known Gothic cathedral where iron was massively used to bind stones as a proper construction material."<ref>{{cite web |last=Cassella |first=Carly |date=19 March 2023 |title=Notre Dame's Fire Reveals a Major Surprise Hidden in Its Architecture |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/notre-dames-fire-reveals-a-major-surprise-hidden-in-its-architecture |website=[[ScienceAlert]] |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605123301/https://www.sciencealert.com/notre-dames-fire-reveals-a-major-surprise-hidden-in-its-architecture |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ouellette |first=Jennifer |date=5 January 2024 |title=Notre Dame cathedral first to use iron reinforcements in 12th century |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/notre-dame-cathedral-first-to-use-iron-reinforcements-in-12th-century/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us |archive-date=22 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122002228/https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/notre-dame-cathedral-first-to-use-iron-reinforcements-in-12th-century/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0280945 | doi-access=free | title=Notre-Dame de Paris: The first iron lady? Archaeometallurgical study and dating of the Parisian cathedral iron reinforcements | year=2023 | last1=l'Héritier | first1=Maxime | last2=Azéma | first2=Aurélia | last3=Syvilay | first3=Delphine | last4=Delqué-Kolic | first4=Emmanuelle | last5=Beck | first5=Lucile | last6=Guillot | first6=Ivan | last7=Bernard | first7=Mathilde | last8=Dillmann | first8=Philippe | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=18 | issue=3 | pages=e0280945 | pmid=36920957 | pmc=10016711 | bibcode=2023PLoSO..1880945L }}</ref>

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File:Notre Dame Cathedral Renovation Feb 29,2020.jpg|Ongoing stabilization of Notre-Dame in February 2020
File:Notre Dame restoration long view Feb 29 2020.jpg|Stabilization of Notre-Dame and removal of roof debris and scaffolding in February 2020
File:Notre-Dame de Paris en 2023 et la grue du chantier.JPG|Front view of Notre-Dame in January 2023
File:Notre-Dame de Paris reconstruction.jpg|Southwest corner of Notre-Dame in September 2023
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