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![Sacred Sites & Rituals in the Ancient Celtic Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13613.jpg?v=1714865825)
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Sacred Sites & Rituals in the Ancient Celtic Religion
In the religion of the ancient Celts who lived in Iron Age Europe from 700 BCE to 400 CE, certain natural sites like springs, river sources, and groves were held as sacred. These places, as well as some urban sites, often had purpose-built...
![Celtic Feasts](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13407.png?v=1618771505)
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Celtic Feasts
Feasts were an important part of ancient Celtic culture which marked important dates in the calendar and community successes. They were, too, an opportunity to display social status and, of course, eat and drink aplenty. Drunkenness and brawling...
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Ancient Korean Sculpture
The sculpture of ancient Korea was dominated by Buddhist themes such as figurines and monumental statues of the Buddha and his followers, and large bronze bells for temples. Gilded-bronze was the most common material used by Korean sculptors...
![Hilda of Whitby](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10483.jpg?v=1618625723)
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Hilda of Whitby
Hilda of Whitby (also known as Saint Hilda of Whitby, l. 614-680 CE) was the founder and abbess of the monastery at Whitby, Kingdom of Northumbria, Britain. She was a Northumbrian princess who converted to Christianity with the rest of the...
![Cernunnos](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13498.jpg?v=1713158468)
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Cernunnos
Cernunnos was an ancient Celtic god who represented nature, flora and fauna, and fertility. He is frequently depicted in Celtic art wearing stag antlers or horns and usually a torc around his neck. Few details are known about him but celebrated...
![Conflict & Celts: The Creation of Ancient Galatia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4455.jpg?v=1638207903)
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Conflict & Celts: The Creation of Ancient Galatia
Galatia was the most long-lasting and powerful Celtic settlement outside of Europe. It was the only kingdom of note to be forged during the Celtic invasions of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. From its foundation, Galatia...
![Indo-European Languages](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2613.png?v=1708702566)
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Indo-European Languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of related languages that today are widely spoken in the Americas, Europe, and also Western and Southern Asia. Just as languages such as Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian are all descended from...
![La Tène Culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13759.png?v=1699394346)
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La Tène Culture
The La Tène culture (c. 450 - c. 50 BCE) is named after the site of that name on the northern shores of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It replaced the earlier Hallstatt culture (c. 1200 - c. 450 BCE) as the dominant culture of central Europe...
![Celtic Heads Sculpture, Entremont](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13613.jpg?v=1714865825)
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Celtic Heads Sculpture, Entremont
A stone sculpture of human heads, the part of the body believed by the ancient Celts to hold the soul. From a sanctuary at the oppidum of Entremont, France. 2nd century BCE. (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France)
![The Celts of Ancient Europe](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10827.jpg?v=1718475007)
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The Celts of Ancient Europe
In this collection, we examine in detail the Celtic peoples of ancient Europe. We look at their origins in central Europe with the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures, the warfare and migration of the Celts, their society, art, religious beliefs...