Sweet Tricks and Trinkets: Tavet-Delacour's Nested Mystery

Sweet Tricks and Trinkets: Tavet-Delacour's Nested Mystery

Beneath the saccharine charm of Pontoise's Musée Tavet-Delacour, a puzzling Neolithic secret, the peculiar Dampont Passage Grave, lurks in the shadows.

Once under the possession of Cardinal Guillaume in the 15th century, Pontoise's Musée Tavet-Delacour has, with a touch of irony, kept an intriguing Neolithic conundrum: the Dampont Passage Grave. Both sweet and eerie, this Neolithic burial site deceives the casual visitor, hiding unusual riches. Originally unearthed in the commune of Us, it dates back to the Seine-Oise-Marne civilization. The Musée Tavet-Delacour exhibits artifacts from the desecration of the tombs of Basilica St. Denis in 1793, including Dagobert's jawbone, fragments of St. Louis's skull, teeth from Henri III, a gold-plated bridge tooth from Henri IV, and a mummified calf from Catherine de Medici. In its garden, the Musée Tavet-Delacour unveils the Neolithic passage grave of Dampont, repositioned from the commune of Us.

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Written by Nicolo Ciampini

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