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The ancient Celts produced magnificent bronze shields in Iron Age Britain which were most likely for ceremonial purposes and display. Several fine examples have miraculously survived as evidence of the imagination, skill...

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...

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...

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...

The Snettisham Great Torc. Part of the Snettisham burial hoard found in Norfolk, England. Celtic, gold alloy, 150-50 BCE. Diameter 56 cm. (British Museum, London)

This twisted torc is one of four Stirling Hoard torcs discovered in Stirlingshire, Scotland in 2009. The torcs had been buried shallowly in a Roundhouse near current day Blair Drummond. It is unclear whether they...

A detail of the Snettisham Great Torc. Part of the Snettisham burial hoard found in Norfolk, England. Celtic, gold alloy, 150-50 BCE. Diameter 56 cm. (British Museum, London)

The Celtic Lochar Moss torc from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Copper alloy, 1st-2nd century CE. Diameter: 16.5 cm. (British Museum, London)

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...

The Trichtingen torc, discovered near the town of that name in Germany. Perhaps dating to the 2nd century BCE, it is made of silver-plated iron. It measures 29.5 cm (11.5 in) in diameter and weighs 6.7 kilos (14.8 lbs). Landesmuseum...