The Sainte Victoire Nature Reserve in Provence contains a significant number of 75-million-year-old dinosaur eggs, possibly the largest concentration on Earth. Closed to the public, the area, dubbed Eggs en Provence, has yielded around 1,000 eggs, some measuring up to 30 centimeters in diameter, over a small area. Palaeontologist Thierry Tortosa highlights the unique nature of the site and notes that fossils found so far are all empty. Researchers do not excavate but wait for natural erosion to reveal new finds.
Around 1,000 eggs, some as big as 30 centimetres in diameter, have been found here in recent years in an area measuring less than a hectare.
We reckon we've got about one egg per square metre. So there are thousands, possibly millions, here,
There's no other place like it. You only need to look down to find fragments. We're literally walking on eggshells here.
We're not looking to dig them up because we're in a nature reserve and we can't just alter the landscape.
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