Posted on 12/24/2001 10:20:40 PM PST by a_Turk
Works for me, Mort, in attempting to prove they were Celts. It is the authors extension of that logic to assert these Celts were engaged in religious sacrifice that falls flat.
Source: A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier, Signet Classic, 2001, by Joseph Plumb Martin. (Irish per cent from the Introduction by Thomas Fleming).
Almost the entire army on both sides were Celts. Just another of the many Celt vs Celt battles throughout history.
That is true enough, but when you add Prof Barry Fells America BC to the mix it gets even MORE interesting. Then you have Celts fighting "indigenous" Celts???
That's a fascinating concept. And it may even be true. A great many of the ancient European battles between essentially "unidentified" parties were in reality battles between different Celtic tribes.
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A Greek Amphora shows a Greek warrior doing battle with a warrior clad in breeches. I spoke to an historian (a real art historian) and remarked that it must have been a Scythian. She corrected me and remarked that it was and Amazon depicted, a re-enactment of a familiar story. But the costume was intriquing. Both Celts and Scythians wore breeches, both were thought to be descendents of caucasian tribes, and both spoke Indo-european tongues.
Elsewhere the claim was made about the bad press the Celts supposedly received from the Greeks and Romans. There's archeological evidence supporting the head-hunting and human sacrifice claims. My take, as a Celt: we were barbarians of the worst imaginable sort, tamed by Greek thought, Roman law, and Hebraic spirituallity.
My take, as a Celt: we were barbarians of the worst imaginable sort, tamed by Greek thought, Roman law, and Hebraic spirituallity.I know what you mean. We (almost) couldn't resist the taming influence of those rascals either :)
Galatea (Galateia) is an unrelated name from Greek mythology, found already in Homer and Hesiod.
I don't know if Galicia in Poland (also spelled Galitzia, Galizien, Galicja) is connected to the ancient Galli or not.
There could be some Irish admixture in the Lowlands (from the early middle ages, when Gaelic was brought from Ireland). Apparently some of the old place names in the far southern part of mainland Scotland are P-Celtic (going back to people related to the Welsh and the Cornish, rather than to Q-Celtic immigrants from Ireland).
I believe this may be where they spend the off season resting from this past miserable season.
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Archaeologists Rewrite Timeline Of Bronze And Iron Ages, Alphabet
Cornell University | 12-19-2001 | Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.
Posted on 12/24/2001 8:04:31 AM EST by blam
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Archaeologists Find Celts in Unlikely Spot: Central Turkey (Ellas Go Bragh!?)
The New York Times | December 25, 2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
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Archaeologists Find Celts in Unlikely Spot: Central Turkey
NY Times | December 25, 2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
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Chemistry Used to Unlock Secrets in Archeological Remains
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King Midas' Modern Mourners
Science News | Nov. 4, 2000; Vol. 158, No. 19 , p. 296 | Jessica Gorman
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Hmmm. Usually I just find giblets in central turkey...
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