Ancientist

Archaeologists excavating the Gallo-Roman sanctuary of Mancey in eastern France have uncovered a remarkable painted altar block believed to depict Sucellus, one of the most important deities worshipped in Roman Gaul. The discovery, made during the 2025 excavation season in Burgundy’s Saône-et-Loire region, may represent the only known painted depiction of the Celtic god ever…