Marseille avant Massalia, la première architecture de terre néolithique en France
15 February 2007
Discoveries

Marseille before Massalia, the oldest Neolithic unfired brick architecture in France

A team from the Inrap is carrying out a major excavation on the boulevard Charles-Nédélec in Marseille where, over eight millennia, Neolithic, Greek and Modern populations have succeeded one another. The dig is curated by the Regional archaeology service within the framework of the ZAC Saint-Charles, a vast programme of urban development carried out by Euroméditerranée.

Une vaste fenêtre sur Nîmes antique
08 February 2007
Discoveries

A open window on Antique Nîmes

A team from the Inrap is at present excavating a site in the avenue Jean-Jaurès, prior to the construction of an underground car-park by the town of Nîmes.

Des chevaux et des hommes : une pratique funéraire inconnue en Gaule romaine
25 January 2007
Discoveries

Men and horses: an unknown funerary practice in Roman Gaul

A team from the Institut National d'archéologie preventive (Inrap) has discovered a mortuary practice hitherto unknown in Roman Gaul. The archaeologists are working in an area of 200m2 intended for the construction of a private house at Evreux (Eure). 

Astrologie et antiquité : le disque de Chevroches au Musée archéologique de Dijon
06 December 2006
Discoveries

Astrology and antiquity: the disc of Chevroches at the Musée archéologique of Dijon

An object unique of its kind has been discovered in the Gallo-Roman town of Chevroches (Nièvre) during preventive excavations carried out by a team from the Institut national de recherches archéologiques preventives (Inrap). The Musée archéologique of Dijon in collaboration with Inrap is displaying this discovery until 28 January 2007. 

Les petits pains gallo-romains de la rue Saint-Symphorien à Reims
20 November 2006
Discoveries

The Gallo-Roman bread rolls of Saint-Symphorien street in Reims

After five months, the preventive archaeological excavation conducted by Inrap on the future A3C building site, Saint-Symphorien street in Rheims, is reaching its end. Extending over 500 m2, the archaeological levels are more than 5 m deep and recount 2,000 years of continuous human occupation. 

Un quartier antique insoupçonné au coeur de Metz
07 November 2006
Discoveries

An unknown Roman Quarter found in the heart of Metz

A team from the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (Inrap) is in the process of excavating a Roman quarter in the heart of the city of Metz. Curated by the State (Drac of the Lorraine region), the excavation of this vast site (15,000 m2) precedes the construction of a car park under the future Centre-Pompidou-Metz. This operation will employ at least fifteen archaeologists for a total of 5,300 working days, including post excavation analysis,. until February 2007.

Neandertal s'invite à l'Eémien
22 September 2006
Discoveries

Neanderthal man discovered in the Eemien. A fundamental discovery.

In the Somme region, a joint team of CNRS and Inrap archaeologists have discovered a site fundamental for our understanding of the history of Neanderthals.

Sous Montpellier, les derniers grands chasseurs du Languedoc
25 August 2006
Discoveries

Under Montpellier, the last great hunters of the Languedoc region

In advance of work on line N° 2 of the Montpellier tramway, an excavation, curated by the Regional Archaeology Service, was carried out at Fontaine de Pila street by archaeologists from INRAP and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Together, they discovered the oldest traces of human occupation in Montpellier, dating back to well before the creation of the city! 

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