Un cimetière huguenot à Saint-Maurice
01 June 2005
Discoveries

Excavation of a Huguenot cemetery at Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne department) An archaeological "first”

The excavation of a 17th century Protestant cemetery at Saint Maurice (Val-de-Marne), carried out by a team from the Institut national de recherches archéologique preventives (INRAP), began in May and will last two months.

Marseille avant Massalia, la première architecture de terre néolithique en France
15 February 2007
Discoveries

Marseille before Massalia, the oldest Neolithic unfired brick architecture in France

A team from the Inrap is carrying out a major excavation on the boulevard Charles-Nédélec in Marseille where, over eight millennia, Neolithic, Greek and Modern populations have succeeded one another. The dig is curated by the Regional archaeology service within the framework of the ZAC Saint-Charles, a vast programme of urban development carried out by Euroméditerranée.

Conférence de presse sur la 2<sup>e</sup> campagne de fouille archéologique sur l'île de Tromelin
06 February 2009
Events

Press conference on the 2nd archaeological excavation mission on Tromelin Island

Friday 6 february 2009, at Museum de la Marine 

Les diagnostics archéologiques du canal Seine-Nord Europe : des premiers résultats remarquables
24 September 2009
Discoveries

Archaeological evaluations of the Seine-North Europe waterway: some noteworthy early results

Before the construction of the Seine-North of Europe waterway under the technical direction of the Voies navigables de France, and curated by the State (Drac), the French National Institute of Archaeological Research (Inrap) is carrying out a programme of archaeological evaluations, the most extensive at present in Europe.

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). 

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.

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. 

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.

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