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French dig team gets 200-year-old note from archaeologist

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French dig team gets archaeologist's 200-year-old note from the past.

Sifting through remains of a Gaulish village on cliff-tops near Dieppe on Monday .

They uncovered an earthenware pot containing a small glass flask.

Inside the bottle was a message on paper, rolled up and tied with string.

The emergency dig was ordered because of cliff erosion at the spot just north of Dieppe .

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