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Vix gold torque, 6 th century BC Discovered at Vix, now housed at the Musée du Pays du Châtillonnais à Catillon-sur-Seine, France.

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We will examine Irish, Scottish, and Welsh history and culture from 500 BC to the present.

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Vix gold torque, 6th century BCDiscovered at Vix, now housed at the Musée du Pays du Châtillonnais à Catillon-sur-Seine, France.

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Vix craterLargest ever found, 5 ft tall and 13 ft wide. Made in Greece or southern Italy.

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Detail of Vix crater with chariots

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The Gundestrup Cauldron, 2nd-1st century BC.The original La Tene site was discovered in the mid-19th century at

Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. The Cauldron is La Tene, but was found in Gundestrup, Denmark in a bog. Housed in National Museum of

Denmark.

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Detail from Gundestrup cauldron

Warrior with boar helmet.

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Detail from Gundestrup cauldronThe men are playing carnyxes,

which were war horns.

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Detail of Gundestrup CauldronThe horned god Cernunnos.

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Detail of Gundestrup cauldronCauldron of rebirth? Or human sacrifice?

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La Tene helmet, 1st century BCFound in the Rhine River, near Mainz. Housed in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg.

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Waterloo helmet, 150-50 BCFound in the River Thames, London. Housed in the British Museum.

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Agris helmet, 350 BCFound buried in a cave in Agris,

France. Housed in the

Musée d’Angoulême

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Romanian Bird helmet, 4th century BCFound in a cemetery in Ciumeşti, Romania. Housed at the National Museum of Romanian History.

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Battersea Shield, 1st century BC/1st century ADFound in the River Thames,

London. Housed in the

British Museum. 30.6 inches long.

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Witham Shield, 3rd-2nd century BC

Found in the Witham River, Lincolnshire,

England. Housed in the British Museum,

London. 3.39 ft long.

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Mirror, 1st century BCFound in Desborough,

Northamptonshire, England.

Housed in the British Museum.

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British gold coinModeled after Roman coins, circa late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD. Associated with Catuvellauni tribe.