Huge hoard of dinosaur eggs discovered by construction workers in China

It might sound like something straight from Jurassic Park, but dozens of fossilised dinosaurs eggs have been discovered by builders carrying out road works in China.

The remarkable discovery of 43 eggs was made earlier this month by construction workers in the city of Heyuan, which is aptly nicknamed ‘the hometown of the dinosaur".

Speaking to Chinese media, local archaeologist Du Yanli explained that 19 of the eggs were found intact, and the largest had an impressive diameter of 13cm.

He added that the city is rife for dinosaur discoveries, and more than 13,000 fossilised eggs have been discovered there in the last two decades – landing the city a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest collection of dinosaur eggs.

Workers move the eggs (Picture: Imaginechina/REX Shutterstock)

The city"s impressive secret was first unearthed in 1995, when four boys were playing on a construction site near their school, and discovered a dinosaur egg fossil.

Since then, officials have spent millions on construction a dinosaur theme park and museum, but it"s failed to draw in tourists.

Construction workers made the incredible discovery in the city of Heyuan (Picture: Imaginechina/REX Shutterstock)

The only review on Trip Advisor reads: ‘It is a small museum. It took us not more than 30 minutes to finish viewing".