@jpdemoule.bsky.social une critique intéressante de votre livre en anglais youtube.com/watch?v=S0L7...

Je me permets de partager ici une version actualisée d'un fil initialement publié sur Twitter il y a quelques années au sujet "brûlant" : est-il plus pertinent de parler de la Gaule ou des Gaules ? Existait-il une unité gauloise à l’époque de l’Indépendance ? #Antiquités 🏺 #AncientBluesky

“Aw, c’mon, they’re just little wooden figures, how scary can they actually b…😳”
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
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The stunning anthropomorphic hilt of the Iron Age North Grimston sword, part of a grave assemblage discovered in North Yorkshire in 1902. 2nd-1st century BC. Hull & East Riding Museum.
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Beautiful Scythian sword (Akinakes) from Filippovka, 5th century BC.

The Melsonby hoard, or about 1-2% of it, is currently on display at the entrance of the Yorkshire Museum for fundraising to purchase the find. Stunning late Iron Age metalwork deposit, dominated by horse & vehicle fittings. Visited on Tuesday, & blown away by it!
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Detail from the ‘Kirkburn Sword’ which was discovered in 1987 in an Iron Age burial at Kirkburn in East Yorkshire. The burial dates to the 3rd century BC. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #IronAge #Yorkshire #Archaeology

A small wooden sword preserved in the water from a house and courtyard complex around Porz-Lind. Dating from around 140 BC. The sword is generally interpreted as a toy, but it could also have been a training weapon for a young boy. Currently displayed in the Landesmuseum of Bonn.

Two Celts from Kernstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland. A warrior whose grave was found in 1903 and a noblewoman found in 2017.