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"Archaeologists may have discovered the Parisian settlement conquered by Julius Caesar."

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The wall is made of stone and wood; initial radiocarbon dating places its origin between 200 B.C.E. and 10 B.C.E. Anastasia Choquet / DRAC Île-de-France Two Thousand Years Ago, Julius Caesar Conquered the Settlement That Eventually Became Paris. Archaeologists May Have Just Found It While conducting excavations at a hospital on the Île de la Cité, in the Seine River, researchers discovered part of a wall that may have once protected Lutetia, the Gallic precursor to France’s capital Read now     ADVERTISEMENT     See a Stunning Collection of Stolen Greek Artifacts, Spanning 5,000 Years, That Were Just Returned to Greece   Read now Where Did Bats Originate? Huge Genetic Study May Have Settled the Longstanding Debate and Rewritten the Creatures’ Evolutionary Tree   Read now SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE A Full Year of Smithsonian Magazine for Just $19.99. Don’t Miss Out!   Subscribe today Hitler Had an Intense, Mysterious Relationship With His Half-Niece. New Research Suggests His Alibi for Her Murder Might Not Hold Up   Read now Two New Stick Insect Species Have Been Discovered in Australia—and Another One Was Hiding in Plain Sight   Read now   ADVERTISEMENT     FROM THE ARCHIVES A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal’s Hand Ax   Read now Scientists Invent a Digestible, Paper-Based Battery That Can Power Swallowed or Implanted Medical Devices   Read now A Rare Aztec Codex Detailing the Rise and Fall of Tenochtitlan Returns to Mexico for the First Time in Nearly Two Centuries   Read now Seven Places in Europe That Legends Say Were Built by Giants, Devils or Dragons   Read now   ADVERTISEMENT     Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Have More Than Doubled in the United States Over the Past 30 Years, Study Suggests   Read now In a First, Sea Turtles Were Spotted Nesting on the U.S. West Coast. Scientists Say the ‘Super’ El Niño Could Have Brought Them There   Read now These 15 Wonderful Photographs of Kenya’s World-Class Wildlife Will Have You Booking a Flight to the Savanna   Read now Scientists Say the Human Brain Might Be Made of Two Distinct Nervous Systems That Got Squished Together   Read now Photo of the Day Grouse Fight © Juhani Vilpo

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