NÎMES, FRANCE—The Miami Herald reports that researchers from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) uncovered a 2,000-year-old stone roadway under the modern Beaucaire Road during an investigation ahead of a construction project in southern France. Ruts and signs of replaced stones were found in the road, which measures about 50 feet wide. The pavement is thought to have been a crossroad of the Via Domitia, the main Roman access route to the city of Nîmes. Tombs containing human remains and well-preserved pottery and glass in the forms of vases, lamps, and bowls were found between the two roads. Cremated human remains were also discovered in glass or ceramic vessels. For more on Roman France, go to "Gaul's University Town."
