From the BBC, French archaeologists find a cave in the Dordogne covered with drawings which they think are almost 30,000 years old.
Illustrated description of a grave dated 700-100 CE, containing clay tablets with signs on them suggestive of an alphabet.
An illustrated art-historical analysis of coins of the Coriosolites of Brittany by John Hooker, based on the La Marquanderie hoard from Jersey. Maps of hoard discoveries and mint zones.
The French Ministry of Culture describes the 'farmer-knights' who settled c.1010 CE on the wooded shores of Paladru lake and the techniques that have uncovered the evidence for them.
Monographs published by the French Ministry of Culture on prehistoric or ancient sites or towns, or describing the ruins of a region. Abstracts online.
Abstract of a monograph by Jean Schaub et al on this European archaeological park, which contains the 4th century BCE princess of Reinheim's sumptuous grave, among other Celtic remains.
The French Ministry of Culture provides a virtual tour of this famous Paleolithic cave with text links on its history and artwork.
The French Ministry of Culture describes a Paleolithic art gallery in a cave that can be accessed only through a 175-meter tunnel beneath sea level. Photographs of the animal drawings and hand stencils that decorate it.
History of its discovery, and pictures of the finds, and the scientific research
The Oxford University Gazette reports that excavations at Le Yaudet under Profs. Barry Cunliffe and Patrick Galliou suggest that Britons fled there from the West Country.
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