Response to How long can eggs be kept?

My Dad says that during WW2 they found a rather ritzy country home which had been deserted. In the root cellar were, among other things, several barrels of sawdust. Buried all in this were dozens and dozens of eggs. They cooked them up till they were sick of eating them as all they had for many months were powdered. No one got sick and he says it was pretty clear the place had been empty for maybe a year. They also had smoked meats, root vegetables which were also in sawdust. He says the eggs felt a little waxy and he thought they may have been dipped in paraffin. Has anyone heard of doing this?

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