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How a Deaf Mute Put His Hand on the Treasure of the Merovingians

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CHRONIQUE. How was Clovis's father's tomb discovered? By chanceOn a beautiful day of May 1653 in Tournai, a worker named Adrien Quinquin worked on the demolition of a house located not far from the cemetery of St. Brice's church. After a few picks, arrived at the depth of the living stone, Quinquin made a discovery: a silver buckle, then a leather purse containing a good hundred pieces of gold. One digs a little bit more, and here the objects ar…

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How a Deaf Mute Put His Hand on the Treasure of the Merovingians

CHRONIQUE. How was Clovis's father's tomb discovered? By chanceOn a beautiful day of May 1653 in Tournai, a worker named Adrien Quinquin worked on the demolition of a house located not far from the cemetery of St. Brice's church. After a few picks, arrived at the depth of the living stone, Quinquin made a discovery: a silver buckle, then a leather purse containing a good hundred pieces of gold. One digs a little bit more, and here the objects ar…

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Le Temps broke the news in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
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