Découverte de mosaïques paléochrétiennes au pied de la Major, à Marseille
Discoveries

In advance of a landscaping project realized by Euroméditerranée on the esplanade of the Marseille Cathedral (also known as "The Major"), a preventive excavation is being conducted by an Inrap team until the end of November 2008.

Catacombes de Rome : des milliers d'individus victimes d'une épidémie ?
Discoveries

The catacomb of saints Marcellinus and Peter in Rome has been undergoing systematic excavation since 2005. The research involves the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology (Holy See), the CNRS, the Ecole française of Rome, the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme of Aquitaine (MSHA), who are all collaborating on this project.

Le château du Bois Chaland, logis seigneurial à Lisses (Essonne)
Discoveries

A few kilometres from Paris, a team from the Inrap is at present excavating, curated by the Regional Archaeological Service (Drac Île de France), the remains of a seigniorial dwelling of the Late Middle Ages at Lisses (Essonne).Now known as "La Ferme du Bois Chaland", its archaeological history nonetheless dates back to the 13th century. 

Les origines de Guérande : réponses archéologiques à des interrogations centenaires
Discoveries

A team from the Institut National de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap) is at present working in the historic centre of Guerande, an opportunity provided by work on the squares as well as the parvis of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Aubin. 

Vanves révèle son passé antique et médiéval
Discoveries

A team from the Institut national de recherches archéologiques preventives (Inrap) has found important Gallo-Roman and Mediaeval remains in the town of Vanves. A preventive excavation, curated by the State, is being carried out prior to the construction of a residential building. 
 

Le château médiéval des comtes de Toulouse
Discoveries

The mediaeval castle of the Counts of Toulouse found beneath the Palais de Justice

Un baptistère paléochrétien à Ajaccio
Discoveries

The remains of the Early Christian baptistery of Ajaccio's first cathedral have just been revealed by a team from the Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap). 

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