Antiquities Exhibits

The Archaeological Museum in Cimiez, France. Displays of the Archaeological Museum in Cimiez include finds from excavations in Cimiez and those found in the wrecks of ancient ships sunk near the Côte d’Azur. The museums stands on the site of the Roman city of Cemenelum, capital of the Roman province of Alpes Maritimae. Remains at the site include a public bath complex with a frigidarium, an amphitheater, a paleochristian basi lica and the necropolis where funerary monuments and sarcophagi were recovered. Other objects on display include ceramics and furniture found in the wreck of the Vourmique C which sank near Nice in the 1st century BCE. Image: The Roman remains of Cemenelum near Nice, France courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Ermell.