A new study has provided seemingly conclusive evidence that the ancient Britons really were Celts, settling a long-standing ...

Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...

Modern Celtic languages – including Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Breton and Cornish – all derive from these earlier tongues, and similarities remain visible. Dr Rodway, senior lecturer in ...

Nearly 350 artifacts have been unearthed during research at the Łysa Góra archaeological site in Poland, including a rare 2,300-year-old Celtic helmet, providing further confirmation of the Celtic ...

Visualisation of the central grave/main burial of the Grafenbühl mound New genetic analysis of two princes’ within a pair of Germany’s most well-preserved Celtic burial mounds confirms a ...

Upon the hilt of this Celtic sword there is an image of a Celtic warrior, intended to enhance the power of the owner. The head with omega-shaped and finely drawn hair also has large almond-shaped eyes ...

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we ...

But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being ...

Direct evidence for what people ate and drank in ancient times has traditionally been hard to come by. But now, new technology is enabling scientists to cast light on the consumption habits of people ...

Archeological evidence hints that during the Iron Age, almost all of Western Europe was at war. Hundreds of Iron Age weapons that belonged to the Celts have been unearthed from ancient settlements — ...

The Cantabrian Wars (29-16 BC) represented Rome's final push to subjugate the last independent Celtic peoples in western continental Europe. The conflicts were so challenging that Augustus himself ...

Long before pumpkins and gourds ruled over late October, root vegetables reigned supreme. But it wasn’t just in the name of spooky fun. In the 19th and early 20th century, people in Ireland and other ...