An archaeology student excavates a burial mound in Leuhan, western France. This mound dating from the ancient Bronze age was discovered in...
An archaeology student excavates a burial mound in Leuhan, western France.
This mound dating from the ancient Bronze age was discovered in 1900 by French archeologist Paul du Chatellier.
At this site, also found a carved granite slab that could be the oldest map in Europe.
The searches are conducted to understand the architecture of the tumulus and the way it was built.
Burial mound - Artificial hill of earth and stones built over the remains of the dead.
Bronze age - A prehistoric period that followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age, when weapons and tools were made of bronze rather than stone.
Tumulus - An artificial hillock or mound (as over a grave) especially : an ancient grave : barrow.
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