Burial ground, Musee Archeologique de la Bataille

Reconstruction of part of the Gondole Knights burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo, and behind, screen depicting Julius Caesar, general of the Roman army in the Battle of Gergovie, 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. 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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2015-19 2019 Archeologique Arverni Auvergne Auvergne-rhone-alpes Bataille Clermont-ferrand Excavated Excavations Gallic Gaul Gaulish Gergovia Gergovie Inrap Massif Merdogne Necropolis Oppidum Plateau Reconstructed Rhone-alpes-auvergne Roche-blanche Vercingetorix

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