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Broken Sword and Horse Butchery Reveal an Unusual 2,100-Year-Old Gallic Settlement in France
Archaeologists investigating a late Iron Age settlement in central France have uncovered a deliberately damaged sword, an enigmatic limestone statue and evidence that horses were butchered for meat on an unusually large scale. The discoveries were made at Le Désert in Mettray, just north of Tours. The enclosed rural settlement dates to the La Tène…
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2,400-Year-Old Child Buried with a Sword in a Gaulish Silo in France
A 2,400-year-old child burial with a sword was uncovered inside an abandoned grain silo at the Gaulish settlement of Pithiviers “Bois Médor” in central France. The child, who died before the age of 15, had been placed curled against the wall of the underground pit. An iron sword in its scabbard lay near the legs,…
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A Roman Funeral Pyre Overflowing with Gold: Elite Bustum Burial Discovered in France’s Dordogne Valley
A routine rescue excavation near the Dordogne River has revealed one of the most lavish Roman pyre burials ever documented in southwestern France. When archaeologists from France’s National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) opened a trench at the locality known as La Bourgatie Ouest in Lamonzie-Saint-Martin (Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), they originally expected to uncover traces…
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Ancient Port Structure from Late Antiquity Discovered in Corsica
Archaeologists uncover a rare 4th–5th century A.D. dock on the northern tip of Corsica, offering new insights into the island’s Roman past. An archaeological excavation in Cap Corse, a remote peninsula at the northern edge of Corsica, has revealed the remains of an ancient port structure dating back to the Late Antiquity period (4th–5th centuries…