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The Strettweg Cult Wagon. This bronze work, which dates to the 6th century BCE, was found in a tomb in Steiermark, Austria and is a fine example of the Celtic love of small figurines. The larger central figure is female and she supports a...

A reconstruction of an Iron Age grave from Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This burial mound is associated with the Hallstatt Culture, and the man interred is believed to have been a Celtic "prince" or chieftain. The grave...

This is a bronze head of a winged bull, from a handle of a large cauldron. 8th to 7th centuries BCE, Urartian. From Toprakkale, modern-day Turkey. (The British Museum, London)

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives Chaldean tribute from Musallim-Marduk, son of Ukani. On this panel, there are seven figures. The leading figure of the procession carries no...

Tactically the battle has been decided... but the killing has only just begun! We will now have to consider just how the Romans, who still significantly outnumbered their opponents, were massacred so one-sidedly. (Scene of Cannae in military...