Découverte d'une sépulture du Paléolithique final à Cuges-les-Pins
09 July 2013
Discoveries

A Final Paleolithic burial is discovered in Cuges-les-Pins

Since March 2013, a team of Inrap archaeologists has been excavating 1.8 hectares in the ZAC of Vigneaux in Cuges-les-Pins (Bouches-du-Rhône).

La Préfecture de police et l'Inrap ouvrent une fenêtre sur l'histoire de Paris
03 June 2013
Discoveries

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.

Les guerriers gaulois sont dans la plaine de Troyes
12 April 2013
Discoveries

Gallic warriors on the plain of Troyes

An Inrap team has just uncovered a Gallic necropolis from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC on the site of the Parc Logistique de l’Aube, at Buchères. 

Un site aristocratique à Bassing entre Gaule indépendante et conquête romaine
30 November 2012
Discoveries

An aristocratic site in Bassing between independent Gaul and the Roman conquest

In 2010 an Inrap team excavated a 3.5 hectare site in Bassing, in the Moselle department. This research was curated by the State (Drac Lorraine) in advance of the construction of the East-European high speed train line by the Réseau Ferré de France.

Un mammouth et des hommes de Néandertal sur les rives de la Marne
07 November 2012
Discoveries

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.

Un souterrain-refuge, témoin du Moyen Âge tourangeau ?
05 October 2012
Discoveries

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).
Des ex-voto dédiés à Apollon au fond de puits à Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise
14 September 2012
Discoveries

Ex-votos dedicated to Apollo at the bottom of a well in Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise

In the context of archaeological research conducted under the curation of the State (Drac Picardie), in advance of the construction of the canal Seine-Nord Europe, and under the contracting authority of  Voies navigables de France, an Inrap team recently discovered a Gallo-Roman sanctuary (fanum) in the districts of Nesle and Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise (Somme). 

Découverte d'un temple antique sous le couvent des Jacobins à Rennes
13 September 2012
Discoveries

An Antique temple is discovered under the Jacobins convent in Rennes

Since December 2011, a team of Inrap archaeologists has been excavating the site of the Jacobins convent in Rennes. This work is curated by the State (Drac Burgundy). The site is located in the future location of the Rennes Métropole conference center and is one of the largest urban excavations ever realized in western France. 

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