Ancient Wall Found in Paris May Solve Mystery of City’s Origins

The discovery of an ancient wall beneath a Paris hospital may have answered a question archaeologists have been arguing about for decades: Where, exactly, did Paris begin?The 72-foot stone-and-wood wall turned up this summer during construction at the Hôtel Dieu hospital on the Île de la Cité, the island in the Seine that sits at the center of modern Paris, according to the New York Times. Archaeologists also found a Gallic spearhead nearby. Carbon dating puts the wall somewhe