A mass medieval grave under a Paris supermarket

A mass medieval grave under a Paris supermarket

 

Paris's triumphal arch
Calling Howard Carter!
(Click to enlarge.)

 

The archaeology of Paris is very little known.  (People generally, I think, overestimate how much archaeology has been done anywhere.)  But there’s probably a very great deal buried not too far below the surface:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/world/europe/medieval-mass-grave-under-a-paris-supermarket-shines-a-light-on-citys-past.html?_r=0

 

Posted from Park City, Utah

 

 


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