![]() The scammer will even walk you to the correct train or bus that you need to take and shake your hand and wish you well.īefore this trip I was super excited to see Paris, now I can't wait to get home and I will never come back. Also, he or she may wear a fake badge that might look official with a moments glance. Refuse help, go directly to any ticket agent at a window or who works for transit. or read French, like us, forget about it- you're a sitting duck. Please walk away, they will come off as very helpful, kind, and over zealous to help. We found out we were scam on the way back when the '2 day' ticket was not working at the entrance. ![]() Long story short we paid this guy 17.35 euros for train tickets that cost. They will trick you into thinking your credit card does not work at the machine and without asking purchase the most expensive tickets for you with their CC and then expect you give them the cash for what they spent on the CC. They will try to offer you help with buying tickets for the train. Avoid anyone who offers help in the train stations. We were left feeling down, and super stressed and literally wanting to come back home. Do some research, just type Paris train scams in your search bar and many of the tactics will come up. This pass Summer six of my family members, myself included, visited Paris and were scammed out 107.35 euros. The unearthed graves open "a window into the world of Paris during antiquity," he added.Please be aware of the petty scam artists in Paris. Garcia said that the ancient history of Paris was "generally not well known". "This will allow us to understand the life of the Parisii through their funeral rites, as well as their health by studying their DNA," Colonna said. Unlike the excavation in the 1800s, this time the team plans to remove everything from the necropolis for analysis. The entire skeleton of a pig and another small animal was discovered in a pit where animals were thought to have been sacrificed to the gods. Jewellery, hairpins, belts were also discovered. ![]() The archaeologists also found shoes inside the graves, identifying them by the small nails that would be been in the soles.Ĭolonna said the shoes were placed "either at the feet of the dead or next to them, like an offering". In Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of Hades, and the coin was considered a bribe to carry the souls of the dead across the river Styx. Sometimes a coin was placed in the coffin, or even in the mouth of the dead, a common practice at the time called Charon's obol. More than half were buried alongside offerings such as ceramic jugs and goblets. The skeletons were buried in wooden coffins, which were now only identifiable by their nails. The remains of the men, women and children are believed to be Parisii, a Gallic people who lived in Lutetia, from when the town on the banks of the Seine river was under the control of the Roman Empire. Our interactive Paris metro map is designed to make your journeys easier it is available online and downloadable in PDF format. The excavation, which began in March, has uncovered 50 graves, all of which were used for burial - not cremation, which was also common at the time. RER Transilien Metro Tram Bus Aroport Select a map Click on the map to enlarge Consulter le plan (PDF 1.09 Mo) Discover the Paris metro map. "No one has seen it since antiquity," said INRAP president Dominique Garcia.Īrchaeologists said the discovery would help understand the life of the Parisii nearly two thousand years ago © Thomas SAMSON / AFPĬolonna said the team was also "very happy" to have found a skeleton with a coin in its mouth, allowing them to date the burial to the 2nd century AD. The INRAP team discovered one section that had never before been excavated. The necropolis was then covered over and again lost to time. However, only objects considered precious were taken from the graves, with the many skeletons, burial offerings and other artifacts abandoned. The "Saint Jacques" necropolis, the largest burial site in the Gallo–Roman town of Lutetia, was previously partially excavated in the 1800s. However, plans for a new exit for the train station prompted an archaeological excavation.Ĭamille Colonna, an anthropologist at France's National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), told a press conference that there were already "strong suspicions" the site was close to Lutetia's southern necropolis. PARIS An attacker wounded six people in an unprovoked blade attack in Paris busy Gare du Nord train station Wednesday morning before being shot and wounded by police, France. ![]() Somehow the buried necropolis was never stumbled upon during multiple road works over the years, as well as the construction of the Port-Royal station on the historic Left Bank in the 1970s.
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