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The skeletons of twenty ancient Gauls have been discovered under Dijon’s city centre. They were buried sitting up and facing west. So why were they buried in this bizarre way? “We do not have a preferred hypothesis,” said Latron. “We’re missing the surface layer, which was above the tombs.” “Being an archaeologist can be a very frustrating profession,” she added. [admirable resistance by archaeo-anthropologist Annamaria Latron to an invitation to fabulate] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/18/ancient-skeleton-discovered-sitting-upright-in-france