Les surprises des sous-sols du boulevard Sébastopol à Paris : archéologie du cimetière de la Trinité
27 February 2015
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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.

La Préfecture de police et l'Inrap ouvrent une fenêtre sur l'histoire de Paris
03 June 2013
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The police headquarters and the Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives open a window into the history of Paris

The police headquarters (PH) and the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (Inrap) invite you to travel back in time and to look through a window into the history of Paris on the occasion of an exceptional presentation of the 300 m² of preventive archaeological excavations realized in the center of the Ile de la Cité, at 2 rue Lutèce, within the walls of the police headquarters.This research, taking place in advance of the construction of a new public reception hall, is lead by four specialists of Parisian urban archaeology and one physical anthropologist.

Un mammouth et des hommes de Néandertal sur les rives de la Marne
07 November 2012
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A mammoth and humans on the banks of the Marne

A nearly complete mammoth skeleton has just been uncovered at Changis-sur-Marne in the Seine-et-Marne department.

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

Wissous et les élites parisii de la fin de l'indépendance gauloise
16 September 2011
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Wissous and the parisii elite at the end of the Gaulish independence

An Inrap team is at present excavating, curated by the State (Drac - Regional Archaeological Service,  Île de France), an important Gaulish site situated on the territory of the Paris Orly airport. This four-hectare site shows traces of occupation from the late Bronze Age (circa 800 BC) but is particularly interesting in revealing an important farm holding dating from the second century BC. 

Fouille archéologique du Déjeuner sous l'herbe de Daniel Spoerri à Jouy-en-Josas
20 May 2010
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Excavation of Daniel Spoerri’s Déjeuner sous l’herbe at Jouy-en-Josas

On April 23, 1983, 120 personalities of the Contemporary Art World took part in a banquet orchestrated by the artist Daniel Spoerri in the park of the domain of Montcel, at Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines), where, a year later, the Cartier Foundation was to be installed. 

Paris retrouve sa première enceinte médiévale
09 April 2009
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Paris rediscovers its first medieval fortifications

An excavation on the rue de Rivoli is currently uncovering the first Medieval city fortifications of Paris. Curated by the State (Drac Île-de-France), this excavation by an Inrap team has found a deep ditch on land isolated among a group of buildings.

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

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