France Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It was an ordinary day in a small, sleepy town in France. There were no indications anything strange was about to happen. Yet,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is time for a historical mystery today. We delve into an intriguing ancient mystery that unfolds in the heart of ancient France.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The site of Beg ar Loued on the island of Molène Finistère, France, makes it possible, for the first time on the European
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - On 12 September 1901, Denis Peyrony, a local schoolmaster, stepped inside the Font-De-Gaume Cave. He discovered marvelous prehistoric cave paintings that our ancient
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent research has shown that engravings in a cave in La Roche-Cotard (France), which has been sealed for thousands of years, were actually
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - We may never know the thoughts and emotions of our long-gone ancestors. Still, we can gain plenty of other valuable information based on
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have unearthed the remains of hundreds of Neanderthals, but until this day, no one is as unique and famous as the La
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It does not happen often archaeologists find an ancient unlooted Roman sarcophagus. When it happens, like it just did in France, it is
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Fossils
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers recently studied the remains of a modern human baby unearthed in the Grotte du Renne ("Reindeer's cave") located in Arcy-sur-Cure, Northeast France.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our oceans hold many clues that could shed light on our ancient past. Beneath the waters are incredible prehistoric objects and ruins of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in the small village of Thérouanne, located on the river Lys in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists from INRAP (French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) recently unearthed two Neolithic settlements of which one has well-preserved
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 – 1380) was the son of a poor knight from Brittany. He was known by nicknames: "The Eagle
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Rennes, France, have discovered many objects up to 1,800 years old. Among these precious ancient items are statuettes of the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Notre-Dame de Paris is the first known cathedral of Gothic-style architecture to be initially constructed with extensive use of iron to bind
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - If the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of advancing modern human populations into
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several accounts of the legend about the mythical and highly spectacular submerged city of Ys exist. When reading about this mysterious place, one immediately
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Not far from Brittany's medieval town Dol, the menhir of Champ Dolent has its location. It's northern Brittany's most potent megalithic landmark among
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This tomb, usually called Neolithic gallery grave, represents one of the most widely known, largest, and best-preserved Neolithic dolmens in Brittany. Its English name
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists excavated the necropolis of Saint-Pierre-l'Estrier, France, they unearthed more than 230 graves. Inside these tombs, Inrap archaeologists found many exceptional objects.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists admit it's a race against time if we want to save the precious and submerged Stone Age cave art few have ever
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists excavating in Aleria-Lamajone (Corsica), France has unearthed a magnificent Etruscan underground burial and an ancient Roman necropolis. As explained
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The huge Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France is the resting place for a group of selected individuals who were buried in impressively
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In March this year, scientists made a surprising discovery of an ancient sarcophagus and several tombs at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists who have been involved in the renovation of the royal castle of Villers-Cotterêts have stumbled upon a unique ancient treasure. The Château
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A surprising discovery of an ancient sarcophagus and several tombs at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France has been described as a great
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered surprising evidence modern humans successively inhabited the Mandrin Cave in France within an interval of barely a year. Studies of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A groundbreaking study in prehistoric archaeology at Tel Aviv University provides evidence for high cognitive abilities in early humans who lived 170,000 years
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most famous swords in the history of humanity is the legendary Durendal, which belonged to Roland, Charlemagne's knightly champion and
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many legendary weapons have been described in ancient documents and books. Some were authentic weapons, and others gained a mythical status that inspired
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On October 31, many of us celebrate Halloween, a tradition that is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Marie Antoinette is today known as the French Queen, executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution. Much has been said and written
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in France have unearthed hundreds of exceptional Bronze Age artifacts that were most likely offerings. The still-well-preserved 3,00-year-old artifacts include jewelry and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Cosquer Cave is the world's only underwater Stone Age cave and a marvelous place where archaeologists have discovered mysterious paintings created by our
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The 4,000-year-old piece of rock, called Saint-Bélec Slab has been re-examined and a new analysis shows it may be Europe's oldest 3D map.
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