This old photographic print is taken from a glass plate which was probably produced before Napoleon III’s excavations began in 1861. It shows Mont Auxois, which stands over the small town of Alise-Sainte-Reine, and is one of a set of photographs aiming to show the precise location of the supposed site of Alesia. In the 19^th century, these prints, glued to paper, were collected together in large white Italian-style albums.