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The so-called Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the island of Orkney, Britain. The four standing stones (each about 300 mm thick and measuring up to 5 m tall) were once part of a massive...

Scota, the mythological progenitor of the Gaels, as depicted by John Fergus O'Hea, 1838-1922 CE.

This illustration from a 15th Century CE manuscript of Walter Bowers' epic Scotichronicon portrays Scota and Goídel Glas, the legendary progenitors of the Gaelic people.

Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and burial chamber in Oxfordshire, England which dates to the 4th Millennium BCE. The site was built in two phases, a timber oval chamber was constructed c. 3570 BCE, and the...

The so-called "Prince of Glauberg" is a life-sized sandstone statue of a Celtic ruler from modern day Glauberg, Germany. The "Prince of Glauberg" is depicted with a mail tunic, a wooden shield and a sword, indicating his status...

This page is from the Book of Leinster, a manuscript from 12th Century CE Ireland which contains fragments of many other works including the Lebor Gabála Érenn. The Book of Leinster is currently in the collection...

An early-Cycladic vase in the form of a piglet. 2800-2300 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Naxos, Greece)

A scene from a Greek black-figure pottery vase showing the hero Odysseus tied to a sheep as a means of escape from the cyclops Polyphemos. Unknown date. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)

A scene from an Attic red-figure drinking cup showing two males at a symposium. First half of the 5th century BCE. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)

A detail from a 'Melian' vase depicting a Greek woman of the archaic period. First half of the 6th century BCE. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)