These are nearly 2,000 year old ruins beneath the forecourt of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. They are located a few meters away from the earliest known quaysides on the Seine River, located on Ile de la Cite, facing the Left Bank (Rive Gauche). The archaeological site, which includes many Roman buildings, the foundations of a Revolutionary-era foundling hospital and structures as recent as a 19th century sewer, was excavated during the 1960s. April 09, 2007