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![Celtic Coin with Abstract Horse](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10891.jpg?v=1698746947)
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Celtic Coin with Abstract Horse
A 3rd Century - 2nd Century BCE Celtic coin from Southeastern Europe, specifically what is now Romania. The reverse of this coin depicts a horse and helmeted rider while the obverse depicts the head of Zeus, it is one of many imitations of...
![Leprechaun](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13378.jpg?v=1695002403)
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Leprechaun
Leprechauns (also leprecauns or lepracauns) are figures in Irish folklore who guard hidden treasure. Regarded as small and incredibly agile male fairies or goblins, they most often guard a pot of gold. Leprechauns live solitary lives and...
![Lugh](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13358.png?v=1643717701)
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Lugh
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...
![Wheel of the Year](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9944.jpg?v=1716071103)
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Wheel of the Year
The Wheel of the Year is a symbol of the eight Sabbats (religious festivals) of Neo-Paganism and the Wicca movement which includes four solar festivals - Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox - and four seasonal festivals...
![Oppidum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13556.jpg?v=1639880103)
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Oppidum
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...
![Celtic Warrior, Gaul](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13501.png?v=1618732817)
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Celtic Warrior, Gaul
A Celtic warrior statue from Gaul. Bronze with glass inlay, 1st century BCE or 1st century CE. From Saint-Maur-en-Chaussée, Oise, France. (Musée départemental de l'Oise)
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Roman Art
The Romans controlled such a vast empire for so long a period that a summary of the art produced in that time can only be a brief and selective one. Perhaps, though, the greatest points of distinction for Roman art are its very diversity...
![Celtic Parade Helmet](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/920.jpg?v=1721915838)
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Celtic Parade Helmet
A Celtic parade helmet in bronze and iron covered in gold with coral inlay, c. 350 BCE. Found buried in a cave in Agris, western France. It is a fine example of the use of vegetal motifs in ancient Celtic art. (Bernisches Historisches Museum...
![The Celtic Origins of Halloween](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2177_ci_preview.jpg)
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The Celtic Origins of Halloween
In this documentary we explore another one of the Misunderstood Moments in History which has to do with the origin of Halloween. This dates back to the Celtic traditions from the bronze age Hallstatt and later La Tene culture. We discuss...
![Ancient Celtic History, Origin and Culture](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2662_ci_preview.jpg)
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Ancient Celtic History, Origin and Culture
The Ancient Celtic people were never a unified empire, but were individual and complex tribes that shared the Celtic language, and through the trade of goods and ideas, shared similarities in art, warfare, religion and burial practices. The...