La « résurrection » à Baillet-en-France des bas-reliefs du pavillon soviétique de 1937
10 March 2009
Discoveries

The "resurrection" in Baillet-en-France of the bas-reliefs from the 1937 Soviet Pavilion

In 2004, François Gentili, Inrap archaeologist and specialist of seigniorial dwellings, explored the 17th century ice-houses of what was once the château of Baillet-en-France.

Archéologie des temps contemporains : des héros soviétiques dans la glacière
29 January 2008
Discoveries

The archaeology of modern times: Soviet heroes in the icehouse

In advance of works in the park of Baillet-en-France castle (Val-d'Oise), an Inrap team directed by François Gentili conducted archaeological research in 2004. 

Message in a bottle
29 January 2008
Discoveries

Message in a bottle

Following prescription from the Regional Archaeology Service, a team of archaeologists from the Institut national de recherches archéologiques preventives - INRAP - excavated a large Merovingian (6th-7th centuries) settlement at the "Noires terres" locality (Messein, in Meurthe-et-Moselle). 

Un site archéologique livre la dépouille d'un soldat australien de la Grande Guerre
07 February 2006
Discoveries

The body of an Australian soldier, killed during the First World War, found during an excavation

While carrying out an evaluation near Saint-Quentin (Aisne), archaeologists from the Institut national de recherches archéologiques preventives (Inrap) discovered the body of a First World War soldier. 

Un camp napoléonien à Étaples-sur-Mer<br/> L'apport de l'archéologie à l'histoire
01 August 2005
Discoveries

Discovery of a Napoleonic army camp in Etaples-sur-Mer

A team from the Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap), has recently excavated part of a Napoleonic army camp at Puits d'Amour, in Etaples (Pas-de-Calais) prior to the construction of a housing estate by Pas-de-Calais Habitat.

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