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A Celtic sword and its scabbard (now amalgamated) from c. 60 BCE, associated with the La Tene culture. The sword's hilt is decorated with the head of a warrior, geometrically reduced like many other examples of Celtic art. The sword and its...

Lugh (also Lug, Luga) was one of the most important Celtic gods, particularly in Ireland, and he represented the sun and light. Although originating as an all-wise and all-seeing deity, Lugh was later thought of as a historical figure, great...

Celtic hilltop forts, often called oppida (sing. oppidum), after the Latin name given to larger settlements by the Romans, were built across Europe during the 2nd and 1st century BCE. Surrounded by a fortification wall and sometimes with...

A reconstruction of a Celtic burial mound from the Hallstatt culture of Austria and central Europe in the 1st millennium BCE. (German National Museum, Nuremberg)

A map showing the various campagins of Celtic tribes between the 6th and 3rd centuries BCE.

The reverse of a 2nd Century - 1st Century BCE Celtic silver coin from Central Europe, specifically what is now the Czech Republic. The reverse of this coin depicts a horse and rider in stylized geometric forms. From the British Museum in...

This small bronze brooch was made in Central Europe sometime between 650 and 550 BCE. This horse-shaped pin is one of many examples of Celtic animal brooches from Central Europe. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A Celtic bronze fastener, 7th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

A reconstruction of the Celtic Hochdorf burial mound located near Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. The burial within a wooden chamber of a single male dates to the second half of the 6th century BCE.

Three Celtic pottery vessels from La Marne, France. They shows typical Celtic design features with their curvilinear shapes and decoration. 4th century BCE. (British Museum, London)