The cemetery—thought to date to the 1st-3rd centuries A.D.—is one of the largest "Gallo-Roman" necropolises dedicated to infants and stillborn babies that have been excavated in France to date.

Chronology In the four necropolises, the tombs can be all dated between the Middle Empire and the low Roman period over a long period of about 2500 years which chronologically is as follows: 1°) ...

Scientists led by the Sapienza University of Rome analyzed ancient DNA from over 100 skeletons found in different necropolises of Central Italy covering a period of more than 1,000 years to create ...

A recent bioarchaeological study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports investigates the differences in lifestyle between urban and rural inhabitants of Roman Italy during the ...