00:00French archaeologists have discovered five new Gallic-seeded burials at an excavation site in Dijon Town Center.
00:08While barely 75 skeletons in this position have been found anywhere in the world,
00:13the latest discovery brings to 20 the number found in the city famed for its mustard.
00:19All contained men seated facing west and devoid of any personal belongings,
00:25except for a black stone armband that helped date their deaths.
00:30Eighteen such graves were found near or beneath the asphalt of the playground at the Josephine Baker Elementary School in
00:38Dijon.
00:39Over the past 30 years, the city of Dijon has become accustomed to finding traces of the Gaulish people in
00:46its upsoil.
00:47It remains to be seen what the significance of this type of burial might be,
00:52sacrifice or honor, the killing of enemies.
00:55For now, archaeologists are not favoring any particular theory.
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