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{{Short description|Human settlement}} [[File:Roquepertuse-Guerriers.jpg|thumb|250px|Roquepertuse. The pillars of the ''portico'', with cavities designed for receiving skulls. III-II B.C. Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne in [[Marseille]].]] '''Acropolis Roquepertuse''' is an ancient [[Celts|Celtic]] religious center. It is located near the city of [[Velaux]], north of [[Marseille]] 16 miles west of [[Aix-en-Provence]], in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[région|region]] of southern France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morestin |first1=H. |editor1-last=Stillwell |editor1-first=Richard |editor2-last=MacDonald |editor2-first=William L. |editor3-last=McAllister |editor3-first=Marian Holland |editor4-last=MacDonald |editor4-first=Richard |editor5-last=Holland |editor5-first=Marian |title=The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites |date=1976 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |page=959 |isbn=9780691035420 |url=https://archive.org/details/princetonencyclo00stil/page/958/ |language=en}}</ref> The site was first recorded in the [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] civil statistics in 1824 when a partially buried statue of a cross-legged warrior was discovered in the garden of the parish priest.<ref>{{cite book |title=Celtic Culture: Celtomania-Fulup, Marc'harid |date=2006 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara |isbn=978-1-85109-440-0 |page=1541 |language=en|volume=2|series=Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, John T. Koch}}</ref> The structure was destroyed by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] in 124 BC and re-discovered in 1860 when a partially uncovered statue was fully excavated.<ref name="Gérin-Ricard">{{cite journal |last1=Lescure |first1=Brigitte |last2=Gantes |first2=Lucien-François |title=Nouvelle approche des collections de Roquepertuse: l'étude du mobilier ancien (fouilles Henri de Gérin-Ricard) |trans-title=A New Approach to the Roquepertuse Collections: Study the Ancient Furnishings (Excavations of Henri de Gérin-Ricard)|journal=Documents d'archéologie méridionale |date=1991 |volume=14 |issue=14 |pages=9–18 |doi=10.3406/dam.1991.1025 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/dam_0184-1068_1991_num_14_1_1025 |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> Most of the [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavations]] were done in 1923 by [[:fr:Henry_de_Gérin-Ricard|Henri de Gérin-Ricard]].<ref name="Gérin-Ricard"/>
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