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'Truly extraordinary' ancient offerings, including statues of snakes and a child priest, found submerged in 'healing' spring in Italy

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A hot spring in Italy was used as a sacred place by a people known as the Etruscans .

The spring started being used for votive offerings as early as the third century B.C. Archaeologists have been excavating the spring since 2019 .

The team also found a large amount of well-preserved organic remains, including thousands of eggs.

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