Sardis dig yields enigmatic trove: Ritual egg in a pot

A ritual deposit, found intact beneath a first century Roman house in Sardis. The deposit, found inside two bowls, includes a number of small implements, a unique coin and an egg. The hole in the egg was made in antiquity.
Credit: Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/Harvard University

By any measure, the ancient city of Sardis -- home of the fabled King Croesus, a name synonymous with gold and vast wealth, and the city where coinage was invented -- is an archaeological wonder.

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