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06 December 2017
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Discovery of a mikveh in the medieval Jewish quarter of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

A ritual Jewish bath, a mikveh, may have been located a cellar in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Drôme). The city entrusted the study of this cellar to an Inrap team. 

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12 October 2017
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The country residence of the bishops of Thérouanne

At Saint-Martin-d’Hardinghem, in advance of the construction of flood retention basins in the Aa river valley, Inrap excavated, in partnership with the Department of Pas-de-Calais, part of the country residence of the bishops of Thérouanne, dated to the High Middle Ages. The archaeologists uncovered 200 m² of decorated pavements, all of which are very well preserved, which is rare. 

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
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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. 

Vignette Sépulture médiévales
24 February 2016
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The first medieval Muslim graves in France

 Researchers from Inrap and the Pacea UMR, Université de Bordeaux, have published in the PlosOne review, the first archaeological and biological anthropological evidence of this Muslim presence in France during the early Middle Ages.

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.

Au fond du puits, mystérieuse découverte à Entrains-sur-Nohain
18 December 2013
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A mysterious discovery at the bottom of a well at Entrains-sur-Nohain

Inrap has just completed five months of archaeological excavation at Entrains-sur-Nohain in advance of a private development project, curated by the State (Drac Burgundy). The 1000 m2 explored yielded part of the Antique town of Intaranum. The archaeologists unexpectedly discovered the remains of a mass grave, providing evidence of a massacre of a civil population. 

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 souterrain-refuge, témoin du Moyen Âge tourangeau ?
05 October 2012
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An underground refuge attesting to the Middle Ages in Tourrain ?

Between July and September 2012, several archeological excavations were conducted in Sublaines (Indre-et-Loire) by the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (Inrap), under the curation of the State (Drac Centre).

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