Celtic mythology: Did you mean...?

Early Iron Age Celtic people copied Greek coins, often faithfully reproducing their designs and inscriptions. This suggests that Thracian die-engravers were illiterate, as legible Greek letters were gradually replaced by abstract patterns...

A silver and garnet Celtic brooch given by Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) to Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) for Christmas 1849. (Royal Collection Trust)

A Celtic bowl with embossed gold leaf decoration from the princely burial at Schwarzenbach, Rhineland, Germany. 5th century BCE. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Celtic vessels used for serving wine. Found in Waldalgesheim, western Germany. 330-320 BCE. (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany)

Helmet, iron, Giubiasco, Ticino. Around 350 BCE. Not just warriors: According to biased descriptions by the Romans and Greeks, the Celts were warriors and barbarians. However, finds of rich grave goods such as jewellery and weapons attest...

A Celtic penannular brooch from Burgos, Spain. Made prior to the 1st century CE (Iron Age). Made of a copper alloy. Diameter: 5 cm. (British Museum, London)

An example of a Celtic coin known as a regenbogenschüsselchen of southern Germany and Bohemia. Electrum, 5th-1st century BCE.

Reconstructions of Celtic burial mounds dating to the La Tène period (5th to 1st century BCE). The mounds were surrounded by circular ditches of 0.6 metres and 1.2 metres. European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim, Germany / France...

A belief in an afterlife was central to every major civilization of the ancient world and this encouraged the recognition of the reality of ghosts as the spirits of the departed who, for one reason or another, either returned from the realm...

A reconstruction illustration of the main gate of the Celtic oppidum (hilltop fort) of Arola in Spain. Oppida were built in the 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE in Celtic Europe. (Archaeological Museum, Bilbao)