MetaFilter posts tagged with archaeology and france

"…the eye is not satisfied with seeing…"

anastasiav — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:53:39 -0800

Paris not in Paris

stbalbach — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:27:26 -0800

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.

lagado — Thu, 05 Jul 2001 04:22:31 -0800

Those French have been at it for a very long time.

luser — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 03:23:18 -0800

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.