In January 2019, ahead of a real estate project, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) intervened on rue Danton in Dijon, near Saint-Bénigne Cathedral. The objective is to establish a diagnosis concerning the traces left by humans in this sector located in the historic heart of the city of the dukes. Although the new construction has still not materialized, the surveys carried out by scientists have proven particularly fruitful.
Buried hundreds of years in the ground
On the site of an old building that had become a courtyard, in which toilets had been built at the end of the 19th century (having also disappeared), INRAP teams discovered a treasure buried in the dirt floor corresponding to an ancient habitat: a…
2024-01-03 09:36:07
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