Petra van Cronenburg

1/2 As a child, I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist whilst playing in the sandbox. And archaeological museums in #France make that dream come true: they often have sandpits for children where they hide replicas of artefacts.

But you can also just play at your school and discover weirdly sitting #Gauls, happened in #Dijon: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/18/ancient-skeleton-discovered-sitting-upright-in-france

Original (FR) https://www.infos-dijon.com/news/vie-locale/vie-locale/archeologie-le-mystere-des-sepultures-gauloises-atypiques-a-dijon.html

#archaeology #archéologie #Gaulois

Ancient skeleton unearthed in France is latest to be found sitting upright

Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing west

The Guardian
Mar 19 at 12:21pmWeb
Show threadPetra van Cronenburg1d ago
2/2 Unlike the somewhat sensationalist opening of the English article, it wasn’t, of course, small children digging with tiny shovels and brushes! It's an excavation site that has been in place for some time in the school playground. The curious children can, of course, watch the work going on.
And Dijon ist very rich of archaeological findings.