New Paris Dig Uncovers Wall From the City's Gallic Origins

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A wall segment uncovered during recent excavations in central Paris is being tied to Lutetia, the Gallic settlement that predates the city by centuries, according to reporting from RFI. The find touches on a question that has divided archaeologists and historians for well over a hundred years: where, exactly, did Paris actually begin. A Debate That Has Never Fully Settled Julius Caesar wrote of Lutetia as the stronghold of the Parisii, a Gallic tribe, describing it in his Commentaries on the...
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