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A brief introduction to the Celts which explores the archaeological, artistic, and linguistic evidence which reveals who they really were.

"Since its first publication, the late Professor Powell's book has been widely acclaimed as a major pioneering study. Using the evidence of history, archaeology and linguistics it portrays the rich variety of Celtic life, art and religion across the whole of barbarian Europe, from the Balkans in the east to France, Spain, Ireland and Great Britain in the west. Professor Stuart Piggott has supervised the preparation of a revised edition of this classic...

Study of the expansion of the Celts into Europe and with their decline under the Romans from about 500 B.C. up to about 1100 A.D., with the Norman Conquest of England and Wales.

Explores mythology and beliefs of pagan Celts from 600 B.C. to A.D. 400. Since they were non-literates there is no written record of their lives, beliefs or stories, but those written by others.

A collection of Celtic myths and legends from Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, and Breton sources.

Describes the gods, myths, and epic legends of the Celts, discussing their sources, their relationship with Celtic history, and the influence of the Romans.

The author explains how the Celtic year, with its cycles related to the changes of the seasons, was the very essence of Druidism and its practice.--From publisher description.

Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the archetypal barbarians from the north, feared by both Greeks and Romans. And though this ancient thousand-year-old civilization was crushed by the military campaigns of Julius Caesar, the Celts remain an object of fascination to this day. Now, in The Ancient Celts, Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading authorities on European prehistory,...