Millstone, Musee Archeologique de la Bataille
Millstone, 2nd century BC, excavated 1986 from a pasture site at Clermont-Ferrand, on loan from the Service Regional de la'Archeologie, in the Celtic World display in 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. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Reflected in the glass case is the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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