Archaeologists Find Celts in Unlikely Spot: Central Turkey

NYT ^ | 12/25/2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

[SunkenCiv]

ah, here's the topic that would have been more relevant:

So Who Is Buried in Midas's Tomb?
NYT | 12/25/2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 12/25/2001 1:12:01 AM EST by a_Turk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/596541/posts

[BlessedByLiberty]

Thank you for the ping. I agree with others that the news isn't surprising. Many civilizations were adventurers and driven by curiosity to see what's over the next hill; others followed their religious drives.

[ValerieUSA]

Wow, it took me awhile to notice the ancient status of this thread. :)

[ValerieUSA]

Didn't Gauls/Celts come from the region? Progeny of Esau?

[Deb]

The archaeologists knew the findings were celt because they were surrounded by really bad food (mushy peas...shudder).

[SunkenCiv]

Galatia resulted from a Celtic invasion, 4th c BC I think. Centuries earlier the Phrygians arrived in Anatolia from the same direction (across the strait).

[Renfield]

I agree. I've known about Celts in Turkey for many years. What is surprising?

Given Turkey's history and geography, it would be surprising to find that any group of people had NOT been there at some point!

[Renfield]

The melungeons don't look Turkish. They look Portugese.

[Renfield]

There's also a Galicia region of Spain (Northwest). Yes, it's Celtic.

[epow]

An old Israeli Rabbi has spent most of his life researching genealogy of the people in that middle eastern region. His website HERE shows why he believes that Celtic tribes were living in that region thousands of years ago, and later migrated westward into most of Europe. He identifies the nomadic people known as Cimmerians who roamed over what is now Turkey thousands of years ago as being Celtic tribes. he believes those tribes migrated westward into Europe and were part of the barbarian tribes known collectively as Gauls who Julius Caesar conquered later on.

I have no idea whether he's right or wrong, but his site is interesting to me because I have an interest in the migration patterns of ancient tribes and racial groups. Yeah I know before anyone says it, I have too much time on my hands.

[To Hell With Poverty]

"So Who Is Buried in Midas's Tomb?"

NOBODY, they'd be entombed not buried!

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ; )

[eleni121]

I thought the Turks were more closely related to the mongols

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They are mongols...Turks are latecomers to the region...celts have nothing to do with the tribal Turks who first arrived in Asia Minor around 1000 AD.

[Salamander]

And it was the Galatians with whom Paul had such 'trouble'.


[a willful lot, those Celts].....;D

[R. Scott]

I guess to the editors at the New York Times this is news.

[nopardons]

bttt

[stands2reason]

Irish or Scots Irish?

[stands2reason]

Disregard, didn't see the date.

MAJOR thread resurrection from '01

[SunkenCiv]

The Cimmerians left very little trace of themselves; after they sacked Gordion, they pillaged a bit more, then were destroyed by (if memory serves) the Scythians. IOW, there's no way to know much about the Cimmerians, what language they spoke, what they wore, etc.

[Reily]

Isn't Conan a Cimmerian !
:)

[Ptarmigan]

I have known about Celtics in present day Turkey. That would explain why some Turks look more Caucasian than Mongoloid.