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  • Karine Marquet, head of the department of Administration and Study of Archaeological Artefacts, cleaning a double comb in bone, 10th - 11th centuries, excavated in 1994 in a dig led by Francois Blary, in the Laboratoire d'Archeologie, Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scaffolding and excavation site at the House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, which has revealed many frescoes including several of dolphins, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scaffolding and excavation site at the House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, which has revealed many frescoes including several of dolphins, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scaffolding and excavation site at the House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, which has revealed many frescoes including several of dolphins, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archaeological excavations in the Quartier de la Pature du Couvent, or Pasture of the Monastery area, digging through sediment layers of the 1st century BC, a period of upheaval, destruction and rebuilding, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archaeological excavations in the Quartier de la Pature du Couvent, or Pasture of the Monastery area, digging through sediment layers of the 1st century BC, a period of upheaval, destruction and rebuilding, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archaeological excavations in the Quartier de la Pature du Couvent, or Pasture of the Monastery area, digging through sediment layers of the 1st century BC, a period of upheaval, destruction and rebuilding, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragments of a painted pottery vessel, a recent discovery in excavations at the Temple of Apollo, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coin found in a purse containing 20 silver and bronze coins, belonging to a man who was killed by a flying rock while fleeing the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coin found in a purse containing 20 silver and bronze coins, belonging to a man who was killed by a flying rock while fleeing the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Purse containing 20 silver and bronze coins, belonging to a man who was killed by a flying rock while fleeing the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a faun, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a candelabra, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a pair of dolphins, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaster cast of a horse found in 2018 in a stable in Civita Giuliana, a suburb of Pompeii North of the city walls, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The cast was made using the Fiorelli process, pouring plaster into the void left in the compressed ash by the decomposed body. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavations in a dwelling in Civita Giuliana, a suburb of Pompeii North of the city walls, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco with patches of plaster undergoing restoration, which began July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental marble tomb, 69 AD, with a long epigraph inscribed on the side, at the Porta Stabia or Stabian Gate, discovered 2017, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The tomb is that of a magistrate who is thought to have died during a fight at a gladiator contest. The detailed 4m long epigraph describes his life, achievements and death. The site was excavated as part of the Great Pompeii Project in the San Paolino area near Porta Stabia, one of the access points to the ancient city. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Epigraph on the monumental marble tomb, 69 AD, at the Porta Stabia or Stabian Gate, discovered 2017, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The tomb is that of a magistrate who is thought to have died during a fight at a gladiator contest. The detailed 4m long epigraph describes his life, achievements and death. The site was excavated as part of the Great Pompeii Project in the San Paolino area near Porta Stabia, one of the access points to the ancient city. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Epigraph on the monumental marble tomb, 69 AD, at the Porta Stabia or Stabian Gate, discovered 2017, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The tomb is that of a magistrate who is thought to have died during a fight at a gladiator contest. The detailed 4m long epigraph describes his life, achievements and death. The site was excavated as part of the Great Pompeii Project in the San Paolino area near Porta Stabia, one of the access points to the ancient city. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental marble tomb, 69 AD, with a long epigraph inscribed on the side, at the Porta Stabia or Stabian Gate, discovered 2017, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The tomb is that of a magistrate who is thought to have died during a fight at a gladiator contest. The detailed 4m long epigraph describes his life, achievements and death. The site was excavated as part of the Great Pompeii Project in the San Paolino area near Porta Stabia, one of the access points to the ancient city. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a man hit and killed by a flying stone door jamb during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, discovered in 2018 in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a man hit and killed by a flying stone door jamb during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, discovered in 2018 in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Apollo, with copy of the original statue of Apollo shooting arrows (the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples), in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The temple was originally built in the 2nd century BC and was damaged in the 62 AD earthquake. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Apollo, with copy of the original statue of Apollo shooting arrows (the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples), in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The temple was originally built in the 2nd century BC and was damaged in the 62 AD earthquake. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Apollo, with copy of the original statue of Apollo shooting arrows (the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples), in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The temple was originally built in the 2nd century BC and was damaged in the 62 AD earthquake. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Apollo, with copy of the original statue of Apollo shooting arrows (the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples), in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The temple was originally built in the 2nd century BC and was damaged in the 62 AD earthquake. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Apollo, with copy of the original statue of Apollo shooting arrows (the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples), in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The temple was originally built in the 2nd century BC and was damaged in the 62 AD earthquake. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a bird and fruit, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a dolphin undergoing restoration, which began July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative bead, a recent discovery in excavations at the Temple of Apollo, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pottery bowls, a recent discovery in excavations at the Temple of Apollo, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skull of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a pair of dolphins, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Apollo, with copy of the original statue of Apollo shooting arrows (the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples), in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The temple was originally built in the 2nd century BC and was damaged in the 62 AD earthquake. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged figure on candelabrum, Roman fresco fragment, 41-54 AD, from a room west of the Forum in Empuries, in the Empuries Museum, or Museo de Arqueologia de Cataluna - Empuries (MAC), near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The fresco depicts a male figure with a syrinx suspended above, standing on a candelabrum which is on a boxed floral motif. The borders contain a mermaid, portrait and floral patterns. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tragic theatre mask, mosaic, 1st century BC, from the bedroom of house 1 in Empuries, in the Empuries Museum, or Museo de Arqueologia de Cataluna - Empuries (MAC), near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged figure on candelabrum, Roman fresco fragment, detail, 41-54 AD, from a room west of the Forum in Empuries, in the Empuries Museum, or Museo de Arqueologia de Cataluna - Empuries (MAC), near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The fresco depicts a male figure with a syrinx suspended above, and abstracted floral patterns in the borders. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman wine amphorae, 1st century BC, stored in the archives of the Empuries Museum, or Museo de Arqueologia de Cataluna - Empuries (MAC), near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Conservator in the archives of the Empuries Museum, or Museo de Arqueologia de Cataluna - Empuries (MAC), near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female bust with afro hairstyle, bronze, late 1st century AD, copy, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Asclepius, god of medicine and son of Apollo and Coronis, Greek, 2nd century BC, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The statue is made from 2 blocks, the bust made from marble from Paros and the body of Pentellic marble from Attica. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Foot wearing sandals, 2nd- 1st century BC, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a lady, possibly Empress Livia, wife of Augustus, marble, 1st century AD, from House no. 1, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Partridge taking  jewels out of a basket, floor mosaic, 1st century BC, from a bedroom in House no. 1, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Myth of the sacrifice of Iphigenia in Aulis, detail, floor mosaic, 1st century BC, from an unexcavated house in the Roman city, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural painting fragment from a room in House no. 1, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Myth of the sacrifice of Iphigenia in Aulis, floor mosaic, 1st century BC, from an unexcavated house in the Roman city, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. In the centre is a copy of a marble statue of Aesclepius, found on site. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. In the centre is a copy of a marble statue of Aesclepius, found on site. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. In the centre is a copy of a marble statue of Aesclepius, found on site. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavations with bones from animals hunted, cut into pieces and eaten, in the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyril Calvet, assistant heritage conservator at the Centre Europeen de Recherche Prehistorique de Tautavel, at the excavation site at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Caune de l'Arago or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Caune de l'Arago or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museum with excavations below, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman settlement of Valeria, founded 93-82 BC, aerial view, near the village of Valeria, in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Excavations at the site have revealed a nymphaeum, exedra, forum, aqueducts and private houses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman settlement of Valeria, founded 93-82 BC, aerial view, near the village of Valeria, in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Top right, basilica and curia, centre fascinum, top left South forum, far left central forum, centre cisterns (covered), bottom mynphaeum. Excavations at the site have revealed a nymphaeum, exedra, forum, aqueducts and private houses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Strada Latriscata, the Cardo Maximus or main street, Roman, 1st century AD, to the East of the forum, running North-South, in Roselle, an ancient Etrurian city near Grosseto, in Tuscany, Italy. Grooves made by cart wheels are visible in the road. On the right are the ruins of the forum, and in the foreground, ongoing archaeological excavations. The city grew in the 7th and 6th centuries BC in the late Archaic period, and became Roman in the 3rd century BC. It was abandoned in the Middle Ages and excavated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, view from above, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, and the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, and the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, aerial view, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. In the centre is the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fortifications and ramparts, and the South West gate of ancient Gaulish Gergovia, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, aerial view, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. In the centre is the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, and the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, aerial view, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, ite of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, aerial view, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, ite of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, aerial view, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, aerial view, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, and the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, aerial view, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the Gandaillat - La Grande Borne district, 2nd century BC, scale 1:125, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. The site had streets and squares, with houses, craft workshops, cellars, drainage systems, wells and cemeteries, supporting a large population of varying classes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstructed vase decorated with deer, c. 140-110 BC, excavated by Vermeulen in 2001 at the Brezet site, copy, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. This is the largest animal decorated vase found in Auvergne, and is thought to be used in a wedding procession, with deer displaying their antlers and competing for control of the herd. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celtic World display in the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Millstone, 2nd century BC, excavated 1986 from a pasture site at Clermont-Ferrand, on loan from the Service Regional de l’Archeologie, in the Celtic World display in the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Reflected in the glass case is the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing Celtic villages, 3rd - 1st centuries BC, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. At this time the Celtic world consisted of groups of peoples with their own names and territories. Settlements were originally not fortified and craft/artisan based. Oppidums then developed, which were defensive and grew at a time of economic development. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model showing the evolution of the West gate of Gergovia, 70 BC - 20 AD, scale 1:100, based on excavations in 2004-08, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. The second stage of the gate, 50-1 BC, consisted of a 2m wide dry stone wall supporting a wide walkway, with a gate of 2 thick walls forming a corridor containing the path from the Col des Goules. There was a blacksmiths behind the gate, and the path crossed the oppidum from West to East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing the movement of armies during the Gallic Wars, in 52 BC, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a Gaulish soldier with armour, shield, helmet and sword, 1st century BC, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. The presence of both Roman and Gallic weapons in the same place suggests either Roman legions stationed here, or the presence of Gallic Auxiliary of the Roman army, or even a weapons haul taken from the enemy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basalt millstone, 60 BC - 15 AD, found on the Plateau de Gergovie, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Discarded antler sections, 60 BC - 15 AD, excavated by Leguet Tourlonias 1984-85 at the Chemin de la Croix on the Plateau de Gergovie, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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