CultureAncient wall discovery could confirm Paris's origins

An archaeological find beneath a hospital on Paris's Île de la Cité has been hailed as a “major breakthrough.” The roughly 20-metre wall dates to the Gallo-Roman period and may resolve a long-running debate over where the city's original settlement stood.

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