"The roof frame is dating from medieval times — the 12th century ... are needed for the charpente of the nave, the aisle that leads to the altar, and choir, the part of the cathedral that ...

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider saw that the lead they started with had transformed into approximately 86 billion ...

Now one of the most complex challenges is to entirely rebuild the thousand-ton timber and lead roof. Chief architect Rémi Fromont will oversee the reconstruction of the medieval roof structure ...

Hidden above the stone vaults of Notre-Dame de Paris, the 13th-century timber structure that once supported the cathedral’s steep lead ... medieval carpenters. Around two-thirds of the roof ...

Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand axes to fashion hundreds of tons of oak beams for the framework of Notre Dame’s new roof ...

President Emmanuel Macron of France, whose vow to restore the Gothic medieval masterpiece ... organ cleaners and roof coverers. They restored stained-glass windows, created new lead roof ornaments ...

Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral are using the same tools and techniques as their medieval predecessors. For them, working with hand ...