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Archaeologists stunned by treasure-laden Roman pyre burial
Archaeologists in southwestern France have uncovered a Roman pyre burial containing an assemblage of high-status grave goods, offering rare insights on the region’s Imperial-era elite. The burial was found near the Dordogne River at Lamonzie-Saint-Martin, located in the Dordogne department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Excavations by the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) were conducted to uncover traces of a prev…
Greek Ring and Gold Treasures Found in Rare Roman Burial in France
A gold clasp ring from a twisted gold-sheet bracelet. Credit: Patrick Ernaux / Inrap Archaeologists in southwest France have uncovered a rare Roman burial containing a ring inscribed with a Greek name and 22 gold items, a discovery that is reshaping expectations for a routine excavation in Périgord. Unexpected structure emerges beneath soil The find surfaced during work aimed at documenting a Late Neolithic settlement and medieval silage pits. T…
The land under the future urbanization of La Bourgatie Oeste (Lamonzie-Saint-Martin, in Dordogne to the southwest of France), has kept for centuries a secret of moving precision. The last shovels of a preventive archaeological excavation on an area of 8,000 square meters, which had revealed an occupational sequence from the final Neolithic to the [...]
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