Cercueil en plomb découvert au couvent des Jacobins, Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), 2015. Ce cercueil est de forme trapézoïdale avec un couvercle en bâtière orné d’une croix ancrée. La cuve a été accidentellement perforée à la tête par un engin mécanique avan
10 January 2017
Discoveries

In Rennes, a new vision of the history of death

From 2011 to 2013, an Inrap team, under curation by the State (Drac Bretagne), conducted an integral preventive excavation of the Jacobin convent, the site of the future Rennes Métropole conference center. 

L'exceptionnelle sépulture de Louise de Quengo, dame du XVIIe siècle
02 June 2015
Discoveries

The exceptional grave of Louise de Quengo, a 17th century Lady

From 2011 to 2013, an Inrap team realized a rescue excavation, curated by the State (Drac Brittany), at the Jacobin Convent, the future site of the Rennes Métropole conference center. Two years later, the ongoing studies have yielded new discoveries. 
Les surprises des sous-sols du boulevard Sébastopol à Paris : archéologie du cimetière de la Trinité
27 February 2015
Discoveries

The underground surprises of Sébastopol Boulevard: archaeology of theTrinity cemetery

Until March 2015, and Inrap team is excavating, under prescription by the State (Drac Ile-de-France), 100 m2 of the basement of the Monoprix RéaumurSébastopol store in Paris, in advance of the renovation of this basement into storage space.

Des chevaux dans la guerre à Bar-sur-Aube
12 February 2014
Discoveries

Horses in the war at Bar-sur-Aube

At Bar-sur-Aube (Aube), in 2013, an Inrap team realized an archaeological excavation in advance of the construction of a new road and a housing development, under the curation of the State (Drac Champagne). 

Redécouverte du fort Saint-Sébastien, camp d'entraînement des troupes de Louis XIV dans la vallée de la Seine
13 June 2012
Discoveries

Rediscovery of the Fort Saint-Sébastien, a training camp for the troops of Louis XIV in the Seine Valley

On the Archères plain (Yvelines), a team of Inrap archaeologists is excavating the Fort Saint-Sébastien, the camp at which the troops of Louis XIV were trained for the siege of Maastricht.

L'Inrap dégage la tour Denis, au pied des remparts du Mont-Saint-Michel
24 August 2011
Discoveries

Inrap uncovers the Tower of Denis at the foot of the ramparts of Mont-Saint-Michel

A team of archaeologists from the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives has just finished an excavation at the foot of the ramparts of Mont-Saint-Michel. 

Le Mans : archéologie de la virée de Galerne
17 June 2010
Discoveries

Le Mans: archaeology of the Virée de Galerne

An Inrap team is currently excavating, by order of the State (DRAC Pays-de-la-Loire), the site of the future Jacobins Cultural Centre project initiated by the town of Le Mans.

Fouille du cimetière de La Ciotat : 1581-1831
06 November 2009
Discoveries

Excavation of the graveyard at La Ciotat : 1581-1831

Prior to the construction of a social housing project including a square bordered by a pedestrian street, Inrap archaeologists are excavating, curated by the State (Regional Archaeological Service, DRAC Provence-Alpes-Cote-d’Azur) the parish graveyard of La Ciotat situated in the historical centre of the town, a zone archaeologically relevant for the modern epoch (1492-1789). 

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