The Celts ruled a swath of Europe from the North Sea to the Black Sea and beyond. They were settled in Northern Italy before the founding of Rome. Today, few realize that Paul’s epistle to the Galatians was addressed to Celts settled in modern day Turkey.
A portrayal of a Celtic Hillfort. Many if not most European cities including London, Milan and Budapest were originally Celtic settlements. For example, Paris was named after the Parisii tribe. The fictional Mayri clan is located in Helvetia (modern day Switzerland).
This illustration of two Celtic warriors holding a spoke wheel came from an Austrian sword scabbard (circa 400 BC).
The neck torque provided protection from sword slashes as well as serving as a decorative necklace.
Depicts what the monolith on the Salisbury Plain looked like following its 1,000 year construction period (beginning circa 2750 BC). It predated the pyramids, and its builders may have been the forebears of the druids.
An illustration of the passage grave at Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland, built during the Stone Age possibly by predecessors of the druids. This burial mound (older than Stonehenge, Myceane and the Egyptian pyramids, stands thirty four feet high, and exceeds two hundred feet in diameter) clearly marks Ireland as the cradle of European civilization.
an elaborate kerbstone at Knowth, County Meath, Ireland portrays the Celtic sixty-two month lunar calendar (circa 3300 BC) – one of the oldest surviving calendars in the world.
A depiction of a bronze calendar (circa 100 BC) written in the Celtic language using Roman letters and numerals.
