Burial ground and model of settlement, Musee Archeologique

Model of a suburb of Gondole, 2nd century BC, scale 1:125, with a house just outside the settlement's fortifications with several outbuildings and wells, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. On the wall behind is a diagram of the Gondole Knights burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo. This large necropolis was found off the road between Gergovie and Gondole, and many humans and animals were found buried in what are thought to be ritual burial grounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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