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Widely accepted archaeological wonders in France · Mysteria

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Widely accepted archaeological wonders in France

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🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder

Locmariaquer Pierres Plates South Chamber

Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period

Locmariaquer Pierres Plates South Chamber in Brittany, Locmariaquer, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.

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🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Lombrives Cave Gallery - Ariege Extended System

Upper Paleolithic Aurignacian to Magdalenian (c.40,000–10,000 BCE) · Magdalenian and earlier Paleolithic

Lombrives – Europe's largest single cave by volume (39 km gallery, 2.5 km long chamber) in Ariège Pyrenees, extending Niaux system.

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🇫🇷 France · Temple complex

Hillfort Rampart Europe 44 — France Region 8

Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple

Hillfort Rampart Europe 44 — France Region 8 in France Region 8, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.