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To: wideawake
I had understood the Celts came out of Hungary...
4 posted on 12/27/2001 12:05:23 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The earliest knowledge we have of the Celts, which is supported by most Greek and Roman textual evidence, is that they spread across Europe from the Danube valley.

This would indicate that modern-day Hungary was one of the original Celtic homelands. They spread from Central Europe as far south as Italy, Greece, Turkey and Spain - some even claim Northern Africa. There are Algerian Berbers with green eyes and reddish hair.

They spread as far east as Persia and perhaps even western China. And there were Celtic settlements as far north as Iceland.

6 posted on 12/27/2001 12:13:47 PM PST by wideawake
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I had understood the Celts came out of Hungary...

Actually, the Celts came from Gaul, or modern day France. From that point they traveled to the British Isles, Spain, Turkey and Poland. The Celts in Ireland are actually the most true type of Celt having not been Romanized. If you look at an ancient Roman map you will see three Galatia's. All spelt differently of course. One in Spain, one in Turkey and one in Poland. It is now thought that the Celts, or the Gaul's as the Romans called them, were the dominant people in the British Isles, France and Spain before the Romans took control.

15 posted on 12/27/2001 2:13:09 PM PST by Slyfox
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Celts, Germans, Slaves, Indians, are all from Iraq really. Mesopotainia.
17 posted on 12/27/2001 2:25:02 PM PST by kampeska
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