Cinderella’s Ball Was a Ritual — Not a Love Story
Archaeologists discovered the ballroom — and the blood beneath it.
An excavation beneath Château de Fontainebleau revealed a vast chamber adorned with mirrors and bones. Carbon dating placed it in the 1700s. Among the remains was a delicate shoe carved from animal bone and lined with silver dust.
Diaries found nearby described a ritual known as Le Bal de Minuit — The Midnight Dance — where noble girls were invited to dance until they collapsed from exhaustion. The “Prince” was not a man but a masked priest, selecting one dancer each year to “ascend.”
The inscription over the chamber’s archway reads:
“Those who shine at midnight will never see the dawn.”
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