SummarySince 2001, research undertaken by Matthieu Poux and his team on the oppidum of Corent in Auvergne has greatly advanced our knowledge of the Gauls of the second Iron Age. Discoveries, interpretations...
SummaryIn the first century BC, a Greek scholar named Poseidonius reported on the Arverni king Luern and the gigantic feasts he organised. In July 2001, Matthieu Poux, an archaeologist who wrote a thesis on Gallic feasts, began excavations on the Corent plateau in Auvergne. The...
SummaryAfter its conquest by Julius Caesar, Gaul became Roman and gradually adopted the culture of its occupiers. New towns sprang up, while wine-growing spread throughout the countryside. This process was particularly rapid in the Lyon region. In 43 BC, the founding of a Roman colony saw...
SummaryThe construction site of a secondary school in the commune of Riom in the Puy-de-Dôme department is providing archaeologists with an opportunity to excavate the remains of an ‘indigenous farm’ dating from the 2nd century BCE. This Gallic agricultural settlement is reminiscent of the ‘Pâtural’...
SummaryPhilippe is an actor who lives in a retirement home. He has been receiving care since the age of 30 for mental health issues. Between idleness, activities for the elderly and periods of abusive institutionalisation, he snatches moments of grace from his fate through his...
SummaryArchaeological investigation into a mysterious Gallo-Roman settlementIn 2005, during an aerial archaeological survey, archaeologist Bertrand Dousteyssier discovered a group of ancient structures visible from above while flying over wheat fields in the commune of Charbonnier-les-Mines. His photographs revealed a veritable town, organised around a large...
SummaryThe mat in the Diderot hall is the scene of many struggles. Struggles between children, struggles between old people, struggles between champions with high hopes. In the heart of a neighbourhood that brings together people of all colours and languages, under the gentle yet unyielding...
SummaryA handful of Berber women from Morocco's Middle Atlas Mountains, who weave carpets at night, reflect on their knowledge, traditions, lives and future. They harbour many dreams, which they sometimes allow to shine through. Mothers, daughters and grandmothers, they all work hard at domestic tasks...
Summary1875: a young, wealthy industrialist travels through the Forez countryside equipped with a darkroom. At a time when this medium was still in its infancy, Félix Thiollier produced nearly 25,000 photographic plates, most of which captured the contours of his country, from the foothills of...
SummaryOn a beach in Normandy, unprecedented archaeological discoveries lead a team of archaeologists on the trail of a Celtic people whose culture seems to differ from that of their neighbours in the rest of Gaul. Beneath the fine sand, exceptionally well-preserved remains are gradually coming...
