A few kilometres from Reims, capital of the Remi tribe, aerial photographs revealed traces of the Gallic village of Acy-Romance. This discovery led to a meticulous investigation of the site lasting almost twenty years. The team of volunteer archaeologists in charge of the project studied, excavated, analysed and observed every nook and cranny of this little town, a genuine vestige of Gallic life in the Ardennes with its "quarters", its large square, its sacrificial sites… What they found was a long way indeed from the image created by school textbooks or the famous cartoons. The results follow…

2 200 years ago

Acy-Romance

The village of Acy-Romance (3D)

Discover the Gallic village

Acy-Romance, a Gallic village not far from Reims, the Remi capital city, has been excavated by volonteer diggers during nearly 20 years. Its "neighborhoods", its great place, its sacrificial areas... are far from the picture shown in the scholar books or the famous comic. Report of the investigation...