Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
As with all major conflicts, the Balkan Wars of the 1990’s was accompanied by large scale theft and looting of cultural treasures. A fascinating example of this phenomenon is a Balkan Celtic golden face mask now in the Burgmuseum in Deutschlandsberg, Austria. Such life size golden masks of gold and bronze were…
Celts assail another Celtic tribe's fort
I had posted this in a few other forums, some of you may have already seen this. I hope this informa
Crimson Mist Military Antiques
A possible reconstruction of a subarmalis
Figure 4.1 Transition towards the Developed La Tène Styles. A: 1, base design of the Schwarzenbach bowl; 2, design of drinking horn cap from Schwarzenbach. Adapted from Jacobsthal (1944): not to scale. B: the Auvers disc. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. - "The Archaeology of Celtic Art"
The Druids actually had large cities/towns atop massive hillforts with extensive gates, walls, fortified ditches. This is a part of history that will be very interesting to show. Celtic civilization, largely destroyed by the Roman Empire, is now being rediscovered. #Hillforts #Druids #civilization #Celtics #Irish #Welsh #Scottish #British
A dog (or wolf). Handle from a bronze jug with coral and enamel inlay (4th BCE) from a grave in Bas-Yutz, Moselle, France. See also 07-02-01/21 and 23 Height 38 cm (c) Photograph by Erich Lessing
Were they elfs ? Gods ? Supermen ? Giants ? The Celts still remember them.
who can forget this
"RIDERS OF THE SIDHE" by John Duncan In Irish lore, The Sidhe (pronounced shee), or Aos Sí (shee), were descendants of the pre-Celtic in...
sure it's a grand ol' team
