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Warrior of Grezan
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Warrior of Grezan

The Warrior of Grezan (also known as Le Guerrier de Grezan) is a pre-Roman representation of a Gallic warrior. The three-quarter length statue is one of the better examples of pre-Roman art depicting Gallic or Celtic people. The figure wears...
Stanwick Horse Mask
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Stanwick Horse Mask

The Stanwick Horse Mask is Celtic bronze horse head mask which was discovered as part of the Stanwick Hoard of North Yorkshire, England. The piece is concave and has side brackets to attach it to another object, perhaps an item made of wood...
Battersea Shield
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Battersea Shield

The "Battersea Shield" is a bronze Celtic shield facing from the 4th - 1st Century BCE. The shield facing is decorated with red enamel in the La Tene style, and was probably made in Britain. From the British Museum in London.
Cernunnos Bouray Figure
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Cernunnos Bouray Figure

The 'God of Bouray', often identified as the Celtic god Cernunnos. Found in Bouray, near Paris. Bronze. Height: 42 cm. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France)
Triad of Deities, Cleveland Walk Plaque
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Triad of Deities, Cleveland Walk Plaque

A plaque discovered on the Cleveland Walk, Bath, perhaps showing a trio of goddesses. Perhaps Celtic, although made during the Roman period. (Roman Baths Museum, Bath)
Lindow Man
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Lindow Man

The Lindow Man (officially Lindow III) is the top half of a male body, found preserved in a peat bog in Cheshire, England. The peat bogs at Lindow Moss date back to the last ice age and were formed by holes of melting ice; they are now...
Vercingetorix
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Vercingetorix

Vercingetorix (82-46 BCE) was a Gallic chieftain who rallied the tribes of Gaul (modern-day France) to repel the Roman invasion of Julius Caesar in 52 BCE. His name means "Victor of a Hundred Battles" and was not his birth name...
Brennus
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Brennus

Brennus (c. 390 BCE) was the Gallic war chief of the Senones who sacked and occupied Rome in 390 BCE. Nothing is known of him outside of the accounts given of this event which immortalized him as coining the phrase, “Woe to the Vanquished”...
Horned-Figure Panel, Gundestrup Cauldron
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Horned-Figure Panel, Gundestrup Cauldron

A panel from the Gundestrup Cauldron showing a seated god with stag’s antlers, often identified as Cernunnos, an ancient Celtic god who represented nature, flora and fauna, and fertility. There is also a stag and deer on the left side and...
Celtic Torc, Vix Burial
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Celtic Torc, Vix Burial

A gold neck torc from the Celtic Vix burial, Châtillon-sur-Seine, in northeast France close to a fortified Celtic site or oppidum and in the vicinity of at least four more burials. Discovered undisturbed, the princely burial dates to the...
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