Recent exciting news about a Celtic burial mound uncovering a rich treasure trove in the town of Lavau, the Champagne region of France. The Daily Mail for all its fault, normally has splendid photos of archaeological excavations. so..
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| Large cauldron being excavated. Courtesy Daily Mail |
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Lion heads on cauldron. Courtesy Daily Mail
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But looking through my photos of the 500 BC Hochdorf Celtic burial mound in Germany, and the lion's head on the three lions lying round the reproduction gold cauldron in the chamber are similar maybe.....
Excellent photo's
ReplyDeleteThank you, the whole reconstruction of the Hochdorf burial mound was extraordinary, the museum had been built around the reconstruction, and the actual burial a mile or so away had also been rebuilt.
DeleteThese look to be very beautiful reconstructions.
ReplyDeleteThink it was municipality pride that paid for a very long period of conservation and reconstruction of this Celtic burial Pat.
DeleteA timely post as Tam was telling me she had seen the Gundestrop Cauldron in the Amsterdam Museum over the weekend. She said it was much bigger than she expected.
ReplyDeleteThis one looks an interesting find too.
Hi Jennie they are large aren't they, all to do with wealth and hospitality I suppose, lucky Tam seeing it, we saw it at Stuttgart alongside other treasures.....
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