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Posted on 07/15/2025 3:06:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Prior to construction of a highway through eastern Bohemia, archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old Celtic settlement that is being called one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in Czech history, reports Radio Prague International. Located outside of Hradec Králové, the site is spread across 65 acres, making it more than 10 times larger than most sites in the area at the time, and comparable with the largest Celtic sites found in all of central Europe. The settlement was likely built by the Celtic Boii tribe, from which the name Bohemia derives, and was a major regional center of commerce, production, and administration beginning in the third century b.c. Over 13,000 bags of artifacts were recovered, and archaeologists have identified evidence of pottery manufacturing, glass processing, and coin minting. The presence of Baltic amber, large quantities of gold and silver coins, and high-quality ceramics has led experts to believe that the site was likely a stop on the famous Amber Road, a major trade and communication route connecting the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. For unknown reasons, the settlement declined in the first century b.c., perhaps due to changing economic or environmental conditions, since there are no signs of its violent destruction. To read about Celtic gold coins uncovered in northeastern Germany, go to "Golden Lucky Charms."
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Aerial view of Celtic settlement, Hradec Králové, Czech RepublicLudmila Němcová, University of Hradec Králové
So... Even before the Great Potato famine they were leaving Ireland. Go figure!
So who invented beer, the Czechs or the Irish?
Éire go brách
They even had homes of ancestors of Larry Bird and Shaquille O’Neal.
The Celts did not originally come from Ireland.
The Celts migrated west into Ireland, not eastbound out of it.
This settlement is one of their pre-Irish ones.
Actually... They're all 'Travelers' looking for house to paint or re-roof, and over charging little old ladies every time they get a job.
The Celts did not originally come from Ireland.
That is correct! They came from a Pub! They just can’t remember which Pub it was!
Doesn’t matter.
Wherever you go around the world you’ll find an Irish Pub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3UsU5pQT8
If that where they got Porzingis from?
Reminds me of one of the best ever sports headlines. In the 1987 Wimbledon mens final Pat Cash beat Ivan Lendl. Headline was Cash better than a Czech.
John Havlicek was a Celtics legend, so there’s that.
These are my people!
“...For unknown reasons, the settlement declined in the first century b.c....”
Rome.....................
“They’re all ‘Travelers’ looking for house to paint or re-roof, and over charging little old ladies every time they get a job.”
They actually used to have TV spots warning about the Travelers When I was a kid in Nashville. That was the 60s. We’re too sensitive now.
As you know, Cliff from “Cheers” has positively identified the creators of beer as the ancient Egyptians. (Although he didn’t know about ancient aliens at the time of his analysis).
Recent DNA analysis tends to show that the Celts did not contribute as much of their DNA to Ireland as originally believed. The Irish are from an older, isolated stock primarily, which explains a lot.
The Celts did have a large impact as far as technology and art however. Sort of like teaching a monkey to dance.
Well, they used to be anyway. 😎
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