Posted on 10/25/2024 9:30:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a Newsweek report, a 2,600-year-old burial chamber has been discovered in an area of southwestern Germany once occupied by Celts. The chamber, which was lined with oak timbers, was found in a large burial mound on the plains of the Danube River. A wooden club-like object in the tomb is thought to have been left behind by a builder. The mound measures more than 210 feet in diameter, and stands more than six feet tall, although Andrea Lindlohr of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Regional Development and Housing said that it may have once been 20 feet tall. "The Riedlingen grave is a stroke of luck for archaeology: the scientific significance of this fully preserved Celtic chamber grave, investigated using modern methods, extends far beyond the boundaries of Baden-Württemberg and southern Germany," commented archaeologist Dirk Krausse of the State Office for Cultural Heritage Baden-Württemberg. Researchers hope to determine who was buried in the mound.
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Schematic graphic reconstruction of the burial mound with the location of the central wooden chamber shown. The chamber is thought to have been constructed around 2,600 years ago.Photo credit: State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council/Faber Courtial
Those Celts are responsible for Michael Myers and the whole Halloween franchise!!
Other than that, cool find :)
Bill Russell was a great Celt too
Just yesterday, Massachusetts has named a new bridge for him.
FWIW.
Celts. Meh. Who cares.
Settle a crowd of Haitians in there and hire them a driver.
Couldn’t have been for a liberal otherwise they would have found ashes.
This is why Boniface felled the oak tree.
And that is how Germany got its name: land of many germs.
Where do they draw the line between archaeology and grave desecration?
NTSA
This showed up in the Tubi menu, and I've got it streaming in the next room. There's another one on Tubi from 2001, haven't looked at it yetDocumentary (multipart): Celts: The Untold StoryUncover the untold story of the Celts, a society that thrived over 2000 years ago whose mysteries and legacies continue to fascinate us today.
Tubi | 2022 | TV-PG
Directed by:Marek Bures, Max Serio | Starring:Karen Bellinger
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