Compton's Atlas of the Ancient World/Compton's Atlas of the Ancient World.iso/pc/media/eu/ce/iw/euceiw10.cap

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10    0    A skull pillar from the shrine at Roquepertuse, destroyed by Romans appalled by the cult of the severed head.
13    0    Celtic men wore long hair and beards while aristocrats sported moustaches (Msecke Zehrovice, Czechoslovakia).
2    0    Repeatedly copied the original portrait head design on many Celtic coins became progressively less recognizable.
9    0    Preserved bodies of sacrificed people are vivid evidence of Celtic and Germanic religious practices (Tollund, Denmark, outside the Celtic lands).
8    0    Greek-style town planning is a feature of the oppidum at Entremont in southern France, capital of the Saluvii tribe.
1    0    'The Dying Gaul', a Roman marble copy of a bronze statue of a wounded Galatian Celtic warrior.
6    0    A Greek bronze hydria (waterjug) exported to Gr‰chwil (Switzerland), probably as a gift to the local chief.
11    0    The magnificent krater, a bowl used for mixing neat wine with water, from the lavish Vix burial (France).
11    1    The Vix krater from another angle.
12    0    The hillfort of Heuneburg (Germany) dominated an area well placed for trade with the Mediterranean world.
4    0    A leather backpack for carrying salt from the Hallstatt salt mines in Austria, preserved by the salt itself.
5    0    The large hillfort at Danebury had elaborate defences enclosing round houses, granaries and areas to graze animals.
3    0    Although found outside the Celtic lands, the Gundestrup cauldron bears scenes reminiscent of Celtic life.