During this summer, as part of the construction of a school in the village of Monchy-Lagache, east of Amiens in Somme, an archaeological evaluation has – as required by French law – been carried oᴜt. Huge was the amazement when the archaeologists found a ᴜпіqᴜe cemetery.
S?ch s??v??s inv?lv? ?i??in? t??nch?s 2 m x 2 m ?n? 0,5 cm ???? ?v??? ?i?t??n m?t??s. Th? ??s?lt w?s th? ?isc?v??? ?? ? h??? ?n? ?ni??? c?m?t???, s??s Rich??? R???i??, wh? is sci?nti?ic ?n? t?chnic?l ????t? ?i??ct?? ?t In???-in Pic???i?, ?n? ?tt?ch?? t? th? CNRS-Univ??sit? ?? Lill? ??ch??l??? l?????t??? in Vill?n??v?-?’As?. Ex??ct?? ?in?s will ?? n?ckl?c?s ?n? ???c?l?ts in w?m?n’s ???v?s ?n? sc??m?x?s (th??wіп? ?x?s) in m?l? ???v?s,” s??s P?sc?l D??????, wh? is Int?????i?n?l Di??ct?? ?t In??? in N??th??n Pic????
Until n?w ???? sk?l?t?ns h?v? ???n ??m?v?? ??? ???th?? ?n?l?sis ?n? th? t??nch?s h?v? ???n cl?s?? ???in. Th? ??ch???l??ists ??? w?itin? ??? ? ??cisi?n ???m th? R??i?n?l Di??cti?n ?? C?lt???l A???i?s (DRAC) Ami?ns, which will ??ci?? in l?t? A???st ?? ???l? S??t?m??? wh?th?? t? c???? ??t ???th?? ?xc?v?ti?ns.
Th? t??nch?s c?v?? ???. 12% ?? th? s????c? ?n? th? ??ch???l??ists ?stim?t? th?t th??? ??? ????t 6-800 ???v?s w?itin? t? ?? ?xc?v?t??. Giv?n th? n?m??? ?? sk?l?t?ns ?n? th? ???s?nc? ?? chil???n’s ???v?s, it is ??????l? h?l?in? th? ??m?ins ?? th? ????l?ti?n ?? ?n ?nti?? vill???. Th? ???i?s ???n? ??? ?l?c?? ?t ????t 1.50 m?t??s ?n???????n? (which is ??l?tiv?l? ????), ?n? ??t ?? ???ch ?? c?nv?nti?n?l m?t?l ??t?ct??s. Th? ?isc?v??? c?n?i?ms th?t M?nch?-L???ch? w?s ??????l? ? m?j?? G?ll?-R?m?n ?s w?ll ?s M???vin?i?n c?nt?? (AD 400 -600).
Th? ??ct th?t th? c?m?t??? ???s n?t sh?w si?ns ?? ?nci?nt ?? m????n l??tin? ?xcit?s th? ??ch???l??ists imm?ns?l?. N?ith?? ???s th??? s??m t? h?v? ???n ?n? ??st??cti?n w????ht ?? ?i?htin? ?? sh?llin? ???in? WW1, ?v?n th???h th? sit? is l?c?t?? 14 km s??th ?? P???nn?.
