Among the most striking discoveries at the giant Roman necropolis in France, formerly known as Narbo Martius, are a marble ossuary chest, a marble altar bearing the name Tulia Flavina, a collection of glass perfume vials—often employed in Roman funerary rituals—and a lead pottery cup adorned with reliefs of skeletons.

In the southern French region of Narbonne, an area designated for building was excavated by archaeologists from the French National Institute for Preventive Archeological R...