2,000-year-old remains of infant and pet dog uncovered in France

Child was buried at beginning of first century surrounded by vases and animal offerings

French archaeologists have hailed the exceptional" discovery of the 2,000-year-old remains of a child buried with animal offerings and what appears to have been a pet dog.

The child, believed to have been around a year old, was interred at the beginning of the first century, during Roman rule, in a wooden coffin 80cm long made with nails and marked with a decorative iron tag.