The Celts lived all over Europe prior to historical times, and anyone with access to a map--and the ability to read the names "Galatea" in Turkey, "Galicia" in Poland, and "Galicia" in Spain--could have "broken" this story.
Agree -- the most revealing thing this article exposes is the author's ignorance of classical history. Peoples migrated just as far then as they do now, and there are many references to Gauls in Anatolia in ancient history.
Ah well, it was an interesting read, worth checking out.
Defining Celts as "politically and socially primitive barbarians" is the claptrap of Roman and Greek historians, not exactly independent observers. Then he conceded, about these Celts "...can hardly be attributed to a marginal, and politically, socially and economically unsophisticated people." ... "The fact that their politics survived to be incorporated into the Roman empire would indicate the existence of highly developed social structures bound together by shared value systems."
The author fell into the mindless copying trap of having the Celts wandering from West to East. If he evaluated their "wanderings" from East to West he would demonstrate a more insightful understanding the topic.
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To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.Keith DeVries, scholar, curatorKeith R. DeVries, 69, curator of the Mediterranean section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and a professor at Penn, died of cancer Sunday at the Fountains at Logan Square, where he had been for four days. He lived in Center City. Dr. DeVries' career at Penn and the museum spanned more than 35 years... He began a scholarly interest in Greece, especially the city of Corinth, that continued throughout his life... Dr. DeVries' study of Corinthian pottery led him to propose a chronological adjustment for the Greek colonization in the central Mediterranean. Previously, King Midas was thought to be buried in Gordion, in central Turkey. That tomb is now believed to be of an earlier ruler, perhaps Midas' father, Gordias... He also was writing a book titled Homosexuality and the Athenian Democracy. Dr. DeVries is survived by two brothers, Roger and David.
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Hmmm. Usually I just find giblets in central turkey...