4 posts tagged with Archaeology and france (View popular tags)

Aerial Archaeology in Northern France
posted on Aug 17, 2007 - View this thread

Paris is not actually in Paris according to French archaeologists last month. It appears that the ancient capital of Gaul, named after the Celtic tribe Parissi, is not buried under modern-day Paris but under its unremarkable neighbor Nanterre. "It's an unprecedented attack on the French national identity and the greater glory of Paris by a group of dirty-fingernailed parvenus." Spare the dirty archaeologists and blame it on Julius Caesar who gave inaccurate descriptions of the location, returning from the grave causing fresh Parisian identity consternations.
posted on Mar 15, 2004 - View this thread

Those French have been at it for a very long time.
posted on Jul 5, 2001 - View this thread

Mass grave of 24 World War I dead discovered in France. There's no way history is boring. Especially to a Belgian or French farmer.
posted on Jun 20, 2001 - View this thread