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2,000-Year-Old Child’s Grave in France Reveals Terracotta Figurine of Embracing Couple
A small grave, easily overlooked among hundreds of archaeological features in northern France, has yielded one of the most quietly powerful discoveries of recent years: a terracotta figurine depicting a couple locked in an embrace, placed beside the cremated remains of a very young child. The burial, dated to the 1st century AD, was uncovered…
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Archaeologists Discover Rare Painted Image of Celtic God Sucellus in Ancient French Sanctuary
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…
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160 Roman Cremation Tombs Unearthed Near Ancient Olbia in Southern France
Archaeologists in southeastern France have uncovered a vast Roman necropolis dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries A.D. near the ancient city of Olbia, in today’s Hyères, Var. The burial ground, located along a Roman coastal road just outside the city walls, contains at least 160 cremation tombs — one of the largest known assemblages…