#  @Michssspp82096 solmba2etde
solmba2etde posts on X about in the, tribe, god, paris the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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"@Ostokhoni @SkandArya999 @a_south_indian @iosif_lazaridis @assuwatama7 @Atacama372842 @manavparmar98 @John84795 @giac77 Achaemenids are gentically Elamites and Elamites did not speak Indo European. Actually it has been proposed thatbElamites and Dravidian (AASI) formed a proper language family"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1926774285575622688) 2025-05-25T22:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@owen_mccor Normandy actually stands out for its genetic proximity with iron age continental Celts"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1934561171970924823) 2025-06-16T10:38Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@CisalpinePride Do we have the Y dna of italian Bell Beakers I'm curious if padanian U152's founder effect is of Terramare origin and ultimately of Hungarian origin or if it came much earlier with the Bell Beaker"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1935315733652668440) 2025-06-18T12:36Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@SonOfIrmin @Awarness_34 @CisalpinePride @istvaeonic Sure as well"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1935961276976411043) 2025-06-20T07:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BarbaricGaul @owen_mccor it comes from the works of Xavier Delamarre an Jacques Lacroix: https://www.academia.edu/1573354/Cosmologie_indo_europ%C3%A9enne_Rois_du_Monde_celtiques_et_le_noms_des_druides_KZ_1999_ https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2016_num_42_1_2470 https://toutagalation.org/gaulish-worldview/ https://www.academia.edu/1573354/Cosmologie_indo_europ%C3%A9enne_Rois_du_Monde_celtiques_et_le_noms_des_druides_KZ_1999_ https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2016_num_42_1_2470 https://toutagalation.org/gaulish-worldview/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1937846685855633470) 2025-06-25T12:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"The gallic chietain who besieged Rome in [---] BC ( Brennos) strangely bore the same name as the gaulish leader who invaded the sanctuary of Delphi in [---] BC (Brennos). It likely was a warrior title from "branos": raven an avatar of Lugh related to Irish Bran (mac Febail)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1937995826217030133) 2025-06-25T22:06Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"After the plundering of the sanctuary of Delphi in [---] BC the Volcae tribe (from central Europe) headed west an settled in Gaul (Toulouse) The gold and silver from the treasure was then thrown into sacred lakes around Toulouse . It was said that the hoard was under a curse"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1938187118339108972) 2025-06-26T10:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"2/ The name Bego derives from the ancient Indo-European root beg meaning "divine and the mountain is rich in metals and known for its violent thunderstorms"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1938693563472138257) 2025-06-27T20:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"3/Many petroglyphs represent Horned figures. According to the most popular theory it represented a bull-god master of lightning and dispenser of fertilizing rain"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1938694567986901019) 2025-06-27T20:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"To this day only one clear attestation of the name 'Cernunnos' has ever been found. It is engraved on the Pillar of the Boatmen (Nautae Parisiaci) which was discovered in [----] under the basement of the catheral Notre-Dame de Paris"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1939060117279822267) 2025-06-28T20:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"What is the real number of English words of Brythonic origin It seems that only a few English words are known to come directly from Brittonic"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1939271841895284806) 2025-06-29T10:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"The name Bourbon comes from the toponym Bourbon-l'Archambault that is derived from "Borvo" the celtic god of healing springs. It stems from the Proto-Celtic verbal root *berw- (boil brew) from which the Bhear river (Ireland) and the city of Worms (Germany) are also derived"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1939670383675740504) 2025-06-30T13:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"The founders of Lyon had similarities with the Dioscuri: -Atepomaros: at-epo- (gaulish "horse") and marus (" great") means "Great Horseman" =the Dioscuri were known as "Horse Tamers" -Momoros means "the swan" = Zeus took the form of a swan to seduce Leda mother of Castor Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh that indicated the location of the new "Lugudunon" meaning "Fortress of Lugh" to it founders https://t.co/meQHyEupiL Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1939807745932222652) 2025-06-30T22:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
""Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle which is received by others in a white cloak. They then immolate the victims offering up their prayers" Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1940523970530582637) 2025-07-02T21:32Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
""We must not omit to mention the admiration that is lavished upon this plant by the Gauls. The Druidsfor that is the name they give to their magicians held nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree that bears it." Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia "Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle which is received by others in a white cloak. They then immolate the victims offering up their prayers" Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia https://t.co/xCGafD8UPN "Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1940754995315703854) 2025-07-03T12:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Another Scottish colony was established at Saint-Martin-D'Auxigny where until the 19th century locals were said to speak a strange mix of French and Scottish and have surnames like du Perth In [----] [--] [---] Scotsmen arrived in France as part of the Auld Alliance. In this context Charles VII of France granted the town of Aubigny-sur-Nre to Sir John Stuart of Darnley the Constable of the Scottish army. Since then it has been called The City of the Stuarts . https://t.co/0uV2tUII5c In [----] [--] [---] Scotsmen arrived in France as part of the Auld Alliance. In this context Charles VII of France granted"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1942966727601455160) 2025-07-09T15:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"William' s invading force at Hastings also included men from : -Boulogne (near Calais) -Poix (Picardy) -Poitevins (Poitou) -Brittany -Maine (Le Mans) = that is: the entire French side of the English channel+ the north of Aquitaine -below: Robert Wace Roman de Rou"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1943275029090701733) 2025-07-10T11:44Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"Some believe that the name Caithness is related to' Attacotti' via the roots 'cat' 'cott'. In this case the Attacotti would be the people inhabiting northern Scotland before the arrival of the brittonic Picts. In late antiquity authors such as Ammianus and St Jerome wrote about a mysterious ethnic group from the British isles that was different from the Picts Scots and Britons: The Attacotti. This name is not mentioned in later sources. https://t.co/okjdEZcWxP In late antiquity authors such as Ammianus and St Jerome wrote about a mysterious ethnic group from the British isles that was"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1943625167738941851) 2025-07-11T10:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"After James VII was deposed in [----] the Stuarts in exile held court at the palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1944361059101392970) 2025-07-13T11:39Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"The 'Anatolian settlement plan' of the bronze age like that of Troy consisted of a large central courtyard surrounded by row-houses. (Left) It had similarities with the plan of Sintashta's stronghold of Arkaim. (Right)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1945944279609639024) 2025-07-17T20:30Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"Neolithic Hebrideans created a prehistoric Venice by building dozens of artificial islands with timber and stones known as 'crannogs which may have been ritual sites"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1946542285375590661) 2025-07-19T12:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@lefineder I wonder if Lower Egypt had a different language before the unification with Upper Egypt a language closer to some West Asian languages maybe"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1946662663880146979) 2025-07-19T20:05Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"In a Mesolithic site on the Isle of Oronsay the last hunter gatherers of Scotland deposited together seal flipper bones and human hand bones in a shell midden"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1946934844434333953) 2025-07-20T14:06Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"This carved stone depiction of the Celtic horned God Cernunnos was found in [----] on a pillar laying in a crypt under the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris. In antiquity this place was settled by a Celtic tribe called the 'Parisi' which gave its name to the city"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1961796276300714428) 2025-08-30T14:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@CsfHighlan97034 Do you know the location of the samples"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1962825976800288962) 2025-09-02T10:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"'The Volcae Tectosages seized on those parts of Germany which are the most fruitful and lie around the Hercynian forest and settled there. Which nation to this time retains its position in those settlements and has a very high character for justice and military merit' Caesar It's still unclear where the Volcae orginated: Gaul or the Czech Republic For Caesar the Volcae of central Europe were descended from Gaulish settlers. https://t.co/o84DdoFNaS It's still unclear where the Volcae orginated: Gaul or the Czech Republic For Caesar the Volcae of central Europe were descended from Gaulish"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1964095941482316259) 2025-09-05T22:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The walls of the medieval Palace of the French kings were covered with Fleur de Lys"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1964709344890720509) 2025-09-07T15:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In the epic 'The Deeds of Robert Guiscard' describing the Norman conquest of southern Italy the chronicler William of Apulia refers to the Normans as "the Gauls" The Byzantine emperor Constantine IX called the Normans "the Gauls". https://t.co/gi0utsh6fd The Byzantine emperor Constantine IX called the Normans "the Gauls". https://t.co/gi0utsh6fd"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1965948565488021684) 2025-09-11T01:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The Palace of the "Lady of Vix" at the Mont Lassois oppidum (500 BC) Hallstatt France (image: K. B. Rothe)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1966948103988060565) 2025-09-13T19:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Pomponius Mela also describes a Gallic oracle on the Isle of Sena (now le de Sein) whose nine priestesses who were also healers and prophetessess were known as the "Gallizenae" Strabo quoting Posidonios described a community of druidesses from the Namnitae/ Namnetes Gaulish tribe worshipping a celtic god on a small offshore island near the River Loire https://t.co/wy6I9IXSAi Strabo quoting Posidonios described a community of druidesses from the Namnitae/ Namnetes Gaulish tribe worshipping a celtic god on a small offshore island near the River Loire https://t.co/wy6I9IXSAi"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1967254762472231206) 2025-09-14T15:50Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@tobias_schulte Not exactly the closest thing you have from a proper padmasana is the statue of "the god of Bouray" who is also thought to represent the god Cernunnos. (notice the hooved feet)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1968070666567159849) 2025-09-16T21:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Distribution of seated burials of the La Tne Iron age (Prof. Andrew Lamb) Numerous burials containing skeletons in a seated position and facing west from the La Tne period have also been discovered over the last few years. Their positioning suggests they may have held special religious or political status https://t.co/Vv1GDDrsOH Numerous burials containing skeletons in a seated position and facing west from the La Tne period have also been discovered over the last few years. Their positioning suggests they may have held special religious or political status https://t.co/Vv1GDDrsOH"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1968088503021080825) 2025-09-16T23:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Caesar identified the great Gaulish god Lugus with Roman Mercury: Above all they worship Mercury. They have many statues of him and they consider him the inventor of all arts the guide of roads and journeys and the god with the greatest influence over commerce and trade"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1970279698836963412) 2025-09-23T00:11Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements
"Gaulish coin of the Ambiani tribe depicting the god Lug According to Caesar the Gaulish god was believed to be "the inventor of all arts" which is reminiscent of the epithet of Irish Lugh "Samildnach" which means 'equally skilled in many arts' https://t.co/F3ZOUABB7m According to Caesar the Gaulish god was believed to be "the inventor of all arts" which is reminiscent of the epithet of Irish Lugh "Samildnach" which means 'equally skilled in many arts' https://t.co/F3ZOUABB7m"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1970972596301877743) 2025-09-24T22:04Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements
"@FCMart1n The Bituriges power in the early Iron age is confirmed by archeology. But the core Gaulish territory the Keltika of Livy and Caesar would have been a polity and not an archeological culture that didn't overlap with Hallstatt as it included the Atlantic coast (Armorica)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1971149479756824942) 2025-09-25T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@RoyDouglas60265 Not yet"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1972277160208744653) 2025-09-28T12:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@son_woden The etymology of Dumnorix would indeed fit the idea of Gaulish god of the Underworld"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1972824658480386148) 2025-09-30T00:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Azn_Phucboi The reign of Tarquinius Priscus (circa [---] BC) whom Livy refers to in this excerpt corresponds to the Archaic period in Greece"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974278572115427726) 2025-10-04T01:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC Archeology confirms that before the La Tne period the site of Bourges the capital of the Bituriges was one of the most significant centre of power north of the Alps https://t.co/KAWapfcYN5 Archeology confirms that before the La Tne period the site of Bourges the capital of the Bituriges was one of the most significant centre of power north of the Alps https://t.co/KAWapfcYN5"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974307122923122992) 2025-10-04T02:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The settlement of Bourges would have been one of the mightiest of Iron age France in the Hallstatt D2 period which is the time of the legendary kingdom of the Bituriges of the mythical king Ambigatus mentioned by Livy The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974308280840434032) 2025-10-04T02:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The zenith of the settlement of Bourges and the rise of the polity they ruled corresponds exaclty to the time when the Celts are first mentioned by Hecataeus of Miletus as being those inland from Massalia in what would have been inland iron age Gaul (map: Rachel Pope) The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974322772722790760) 2025-10-04T03:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The eastward Gallic migration recounted by Livy raises another question: Where did the Volcae tribe who was settled both in Gaul and in Central Europ originate Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle: -Segovesus headed towards the Hercynian Forest(Central Europe) - Bellovesus led an invasion of northern Italy https://t.co/qcs0A00dFK Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974526424116871244) 2025-10-04T17:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Patrick Sims-Williams notes that Caesar believed that the Volcae Tectosages from Central Europe were descended from Gauls who had migrated eastward a claim which echoes the legend recounted by Livy about a Gallic migration into the Hercynian Forest. The eastward Gallic migration recounted by Livy raises another question: Where did the Volcae tribe who was settled both in Gaul and in Central Europ originate https://t.co/Or4f6P3fWJ The eastward Gallic migration recounted by Livy raises another question: Where did the Volcae tribe who was settled both in Gaul and in Central Europ originate"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974528351898575298) 2025-10-04T17:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Sellopoulo Ring from Knossos looks like the punishment of Prometheus and Sisyphus"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974970943152988298) 2025-10-05T22:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Caroline Jane Tully 'Cultic life of trees in the Prehistoric Aegean Levant Egypt and Cyprus' https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020.05.42/ https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020.05.42/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974975776341827822) 2025-10-05T23:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A tree shrine was set on a minoan throne. "The House of the Lady" with the Ivory Pyxis Mochlos c.14801425 BCE The tree altar was even carried on a boat. Gold ring from Mochlos. https://t.co/3c8ZknmsT9 The tree altar was even carried on a boat. Gold ring from Mochlos. https://t.co/3c8ZknmsT9"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1974991305513283921) 2025-10-06T00:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@OSINTPhilosophy"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1975659210206536085) 2025-10-07T20:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@OSINTPhilosophy Not sor far but I would like to find out more"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1975661805440528609) 2025-10-07T20:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"During the siege to the capital of Arzawa the Hittites purposely placed sheep carrying Tularemia outside the city walls which the starving inhabitants of the city brought inside spreading the epidemic. Could the plague episod in the IliadpreservememoriesofBronze Age biological warfare Indeed an epidemic of Tularemia broke out in Canaan in the 14th c. BC and was deliberately brought to Western Anatolia by the Hittites in the first known record of biological warfare; https://t.co/9WLt6s3ThQ Could the plague episod in the IliadpreservememoriesofBronze Age biological warfare Indeed an epidemic of"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1977384569134264380) 2025-10-12T14:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In a Gallo-Roman sanctuary in Northern France archaeologists have uncovered a dedication to the god Apollo Vatumarus. The divine name Vatumaros ('High Seer') contains the Gaulish root vtis ( seer soothsayer) attached to maros (high) and could have applied to Lugh previously Scholar Ludwig Rbekeil has suggested that the genesis of the cult of Odin took place in the Celtic-Germanic contact zone and that the name *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celts in the adjective form *vatinos based on Celtic "vates" = a seer. https://t.co/9i9PWj1N6q Scholar Ludwig Rbekeil has suggested that the genesis of the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1971329223374798865) 2025-09-25T21:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@chapchapss This author gives a list of Gaulish personal names: https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2003_num_35_1_2156 https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2003_num_35_1_2156"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1972016304333955314) 2025-09-27T19:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Apollo's ability to bring deadly plagues by shooting his arrows as portrayed in the Iliad traces its origin to the Anatolian Bronze age. This power was associated with gods such as Apaliunas or the god "Iyarri" referred to as the "lord of the bow" Mary Bachvarova suggests that the Greek god Apollo was derived from two Anatolian deities: -Appaluwa who appears in the Arzawan plague rituals ; - Apaliunas the protective deity of Troy; meaning "The One of Entrapment" (in the sense of the "Hunter") in Luwian. https://t.co/nzlO64vgAe Mary Bachvarova suggests that the Greek god Apollo was derived"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1977006314699342102) 2025-10-11T13:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Could the plague episod in the IliadpreservememoriesofBronze Age biological warfare Indeed an epidemic of Tularemia broke out in Canaan in the 14th c. BC and was deliberately brought to Western Anatolia by the Hittites in the first known record of biological warfare; Apollo's ability to bring deadly plagues by shooting his arrows as portrayed in the Iliad traces its origin to the Anatolian Bronze age. This power was associated with gods such as Apaliunas or the god "Iyarri" referred to as the "lord of the bow" https://t.co/MRNPyqZ11y Apollo's ability to bring deadly plagues by shooting his"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1977383051698008184) 2025-10-12T14:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Bronze age religious hymns also tell us that the Hittites and Arzawans invoked gods to cure plagues or to divert deadly diseases to the enemies. This is reflected in the Iliad when Apollo sends a plague then the Greek seer Calchas has to perform rituals to appease him. During the siege to the capital of Arzawa the Hittites purposely placed sheep carrying Tularemia outside the city walls which the starving inhabitants of the city brought inside spreading the epidemic. https://t.co/xY6fkW8rPz During the siege to the capital of Arzawa the Hittites purposely placed sheep carrying Tularemia"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1977388907843981631) 2025-10-12T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"According to Kazim Abdullaev (reconstruction below) this construction could be a prototype of the dakhma used by the Zoroastrians for exposing corpses (also known as "Tower of Silence ") Paintings from the mural of the shrine VI.B.I. at atalhyk seem to represent a construction consisting of a ladder and a platform. https://t.co/RwNjrCfkby Paintings from the mural of the shrine VI.B.I. at atalhyk seem to represent a construction consisting of a ladder and a platform. https://t.co/RwNjrCfkby"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1979744254118514772) 2025-10-19T02:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@TotnarmWatcher yes from the "Out-of-Anatolia" paper. There was an East-West cline made up of Upper Mesoptomia admixture (East) and Pinarabsi admicture (West)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1979923596496543751) 2025-10-19T14:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Burushaski is a language isolate spoken in Northern Pakistan in an area that was once situated at the crossroads of the Harappan civilization and BactriaMargiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1980408158209364303) 2025-10-20T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Cucuteni large site of Stolniceni in Moldova . A link could be drawn between the circular pattern of Cucuteni sites and the circular plan of later Anatolian bronze age site. After all the Usatove people who are possible Proto-Anatolians people were a Trypillian+CLV mix. The 'Anatolian settlement plan' of the bronze age like that of Troy consisted of a large central courtyard surrounded by row-houses. (Left) It had similarities with the plan of Sintashta's stronghold of Arkaim. (Right). https://t.co/1fM9C8O7qK The 'Anatolian settlement plan' of the bronze age like that of Troy consisted of"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1980744829618512375) 2025-10-21T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The evolution of dual-chambered updraught kilns on the Cucuteni-Tripolye mega-sites in the 4th millennium BC: a view from Stolniceni https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342530440_The_evolution_of_dual-chambered_updraught_kilns_on_the_Cucuteni-Tripolye_mega-sites_in_the_4th_millennium_BC_a_view_from_Stolniceni__cf_chl_rt_tk=seLgK9VzZy0CH_u9JemuCIy1AxwX8x2MkPiFEdR2w38-1761080882-1.0.1.1-dzerhXNreo_7xLukqm00rzQUff5uo_pa.hUvjccE_OM"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1980745177221460358) 2025-10-21T21:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Scholar Gaetano Chierici noted "the similarities between the wall and ditch of the Terramare sites and the ditch and agger in Roman city founding as well as between the grid structure of Terramare roads and the card and decumnus of Roman military camps" The late bronze age Terramare culture of Northern Italy also had regularly planned layouts (Terramare di Montale below) . Scholars such as Tubler have advocated for a continuity between the bronze age Terremare Villanovian and finally Etruscan cities. https://t.co/qSt9uKdjW8 The late bronze age Terramare culture of Northern Italy also had"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1982143079110115385) 2025-10-25T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""Unde venisti The Prehistory of Italic through its Loanword Lexicon" Wigman A.M. https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3655654/view https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3655654/view"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1982143348254322930) 2025-10-25T17:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The iron age site of Hallstatt in Austria was actually situated in the Rhaetic-speaking area"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1982236951026532566) 2025-10-26T00:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Patrick Sims-Williams quoting Peter Anreiter suggests that Iron age Austria initially spoke a non-Celtic Indo European language that was later replaced by a Celtic language in the La Tne era. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-alternative-to-celtic-from-the-east-and-celtic-from-the-west/4F186F087DD3BE66D535102484F8E8C3 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-alternative-to-celtic-from-the-east-and-celtic-from-the-west/4F186F087DD3BE66D535102484F8E8C3"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1982248647103258752) 2025-10-26T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@BBartanay ou Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle_(Giles) http://archive.org https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle_(Giles) http://archive.org"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1982429617110806708) 2025-10-26T12:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@OSINTPhilosophy "Bronze age halberds" are different. see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/halberds-of-power-an-early-bronze-age-hoard-from-muszkowo-in-poland/5B33F21B59642F506C321017DE1587A0 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/halberds-of-power-an-early-bronze-age-hoard-from-muszkowo-in-poland/5B33F21B59642F506C321017DE1587A0"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1983010095588839570) 2025-10-28T03:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The 'Valle des Merveilles' (Valley of Wonders) at the foot of The Mount Bgo in the southern Alps is one of the most important concentrations of rock art in Western Europe with some [-----] figurative engravings from the Chalcolithic and Bronze age. These engravings depict individuals holdings halberds https://t.co/yNAIGDpwl1 These engravings depict individuals holdings halberds https://t.co/yNAIGDpwl1"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1983314057706049576) 2025-10-28T23:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The rock carvings from Mont Bgo inform us about different types of Bronze age halberds The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1983324209637175411) 2025-10-29T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Rising to a height of [----] meters the Mont Bgo is located in the Maritime Alps less than [--] kilometres from the Mediterranean. The 'Valle des Merveilles' (Valley of Wonders) at the foot of The Mount Bgo in the southern Alps is one of the most important concentrations of rock art in Western Europe with some [-----] figurative engravings from the Chalcolithic and Bronze age. https://t.co/heelhUKRq3 The 'Valle des Merveilles' (Valley of Wonders) at the foot of The Mount Bgo in the southern Alps is one of the most important concentrations of rock art in Western Europe with some [-----] figurative"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1983348577775825022) 2025-10-29T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"At the crossroads between modern-day French and Italian Alps the Mont Bgo was located on a route of Bell Beakers expansion where it received influences from both the Central European and Iberian Bell-Beakers. It's inahbitants were the ancestors of Celtio Ligurians Rising to a height of [----] meters the Mont Bgo is located in the Maritime Alps less than [--] kilometres from the Mediterranean. https://t.co/ncEWxDtslb Rising to a height of [----] meters the Mont Bgo is located in the Maritime Alps less than [--] kilometres from the Mediterranean. https://t.co/ncEWxDtslb"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1983350451274666241) 2025-10-29T01:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""four anthropomorphic figures attributed to the Final Neolithic share a singularity: their feet are turned inward. The anatomical anomaly evokes the pathology of the bilateral clubfoot. " https://journals.openedition.org/nda/13118lang=en This anthropomorphic figure from Mont Bgo was long considered a sacrificial victim due to the knife pointing toward his head. https://t.co/gIyI8GM9BN https://journals.openedition.org/nda/13118lang=en This anthropomorphic figure from Mont Bgo was long considered a sacrificial victim due to the knife pointing toward his head. https://t.co/gIyI8GM9BN"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1983677385431216574) 2025-10-29T23:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The carving of the "Sorcerer" has become the emblem of the Muse des Merveilles dedicated to the Copper and Bronze Age archeology from the Mount Bgo area. The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1984036680362553625) 2025-10-30T23:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Arnold_Platon Right"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1984196652815786480) 2025-10-31T09:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@Gnosisinformant Good question likely because Ogmios is said to be a god of eloquence which in the classical mind is associated with Hermes"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1984954767794200847) 2025-11-02T12:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The ancient Celts used a base [--] counting system called vigesimal as opposed to the decimal system of Latin (ten-based). This numeral system can be seen in the word for eighty based on multiples of twenty : Gaelic "ceithir fichead" = 4-20 Welsh "pedwar ugain" = 4-20"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1985503839186022406) 2025-11-04T00:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The substratum in Insular Celtic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341916003_The_substratum_in_Insular_Celtic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341916003_The_substratum_in_Insular_Celtic"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1985545919350390883) 2025-11-04T03:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The "Monument de La Tne" stone stelae features a 2nd century BC anthropomorphic Celtic dagger discovered in Thielle (canton of Neuchtel Switzerland ) and marks the location of the archaeological site of La Tne"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1985855333814992939) 2025-11-04T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"According to Alderik H. Blom the name "Bagaudae" comes from the Gaulish term *bg-auda meaning fighter; It may be related to Old Irish terms like bg combat. The "Bagaudae" were groups of peasant local warlords and brigands who led social uprisings in the western Roman Empire. during the Crisis of the 3rd Century and in the 5th century . The word Bagaudae is thought to be Gaulish. https://t.co/v59MGbzHno The "Bagaudae" were groups of peasant local warlords and brigands who led social uprisings in the western Roman Empire. during the Crisis of the 3rd Century and in the 5th century . The word"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987542895910330415) 2025-11-09T15:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The pillar of the boatmen also features depictions of a lost Gaulish myth which involved the god "Esus" represented felling the cosmic tree with an axe (right) and a deity called "Tarvos Trigaranos" : "the bull with three cranes" in Gaulish (left) Called "Nautae Parisiaci" (the sailors of the Parisii tribe) in ancient times the monument is famously known for providing several Gaulish theonyms including the only undisputed instance of the divine name "Cernunnos" the Gaulish horned god of the underworld. https://t.co/mVdVMjZ50x Called "Nautae Parisiaci" (the sailors of the Parisii tribe) in"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987692954866389376) 2025-11-10T01:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This engraving shows the the limestone blocks of the Pillar of the Boatmen that were excavated in [----] beneath the choir of Notre-Dame de Paris. The stone relief of the Celtic god Esus can be seen in the foreground. During the reign of Louis XIV significant transformations took place at Notre-Dame to renovate the choir. And in [----] while digging under the nave workers found [--] limestone blocks of the Pillar of the boatmen. https://t.co/bjCdvijgCv During the reign of Louis XIV significant transformations took place at Notre-Dame to renovate the choir. And in [----] while digging under the nave"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987887981936660852) 2025-11-10T14:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Sections of the wall of the "le de la Cit" built during the 3rd century crisis and in the IVth century AD can be seen in the underground crypt near Notre-Dame. In the 4th century during the barbarian invasions the stone blocks that formed the pillar were broken and re-used to reinforce the city wall along the riverbank of the "le de la Cit" an island on the Seine River which formed the centre of Paris. (picture: JC. Golvin) https://t.co/17Y8zU3nLQ In the 4th century during the barbarian invasions the stone blocks that formed the pillar were broken and re-used to reinforce the city wall along"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987898235290349661) 2025-11-10T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The relief features the inscription "EURISES" which is a Gaulish word meaning "dedicated" The sailors of the Parisi (Nautae Parisiaci) who offered the monument are depicted on this stone relief. They carry spears and Gaulish shields. Their guild is considered the first known society of Paris https://t.co/F7RwxDSMmJ The sailors of the Parisi (Nautae Parisiaci) who offered the monument are depicted on this stone relief. They carry spears and Gaulish shields. Their guild is considered the first known society of Paris https://t.co/F7RwxDSMmJ"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987901283416900050) 2025-11-10T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@RomeInTheEast yes. and from what I have read it grew by the merger of other small islets and due to the river banks becoming more stable over time"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987910776410325339) 2025-11-10T15:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Engraving by Jean Marot I (1619 - 1679) depicting the choir of Notre-Dame around [----] just before its renovation and the digging"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987997623454957684) 2025-11-10T21:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Engraving showing the limestone blocks of the Pillar of the Boatmen that were excavated in 1711"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1987998095016423656) 2025-11-10T21:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"These La Tne period silver coins from Thrace depict a colossus with a burning head or the head portrayed as a wheel and what appears to be a ladder. They supposedly represent the Wicker Man described in the Gallic Wars . The sacrifice by fire to Taranis is reminiscent of the description of the Gallic Wicker man by Caesar: "Some tribes have colossal images made of wickerwork the limbs of which they fill with living men; they are then set on fire and the victims burnt to death" The Gallic War https://t.co/3P0fazdOCH The sacrifice by fire to Taranis is reminiscent of the description of the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1989757358646726862) 2025-11-15T18:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A wheel (of Taranis) is depicted in the top left corner of this coin from the Balkans possibly linked with the Galatians"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1989768640401739921) 2025-11-15T18:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] archaeologists discovered a Gallic ritual deposit of around [---] artifacts at Tintignac (south-central France). Among the finds were a 4th/3rd c. BC bronze helmet in the shape of a swan and the first complete Carnyx ever found (topped with the head of a boar)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1990072533031227673) 2025-11-16T15:00Z [----] followers, 70.1K engagements
"The god on horseback trampling a monstrous human (representing Dubnos the underworld) is supposedly depicted on multiple Gallic coins which were precursors to the the Gallo-Roman Jupiter/Taranis columns Celtic Jupiter tramples down the chaotic forces as depicted on a Jupiter Column from gliseneuve-prs-Billom France 2nd c. AD. https://t.co/7DoRF8UfBG Celtic Jupiter tramples down the chaotic forces as depicted on a Jupiter Column from gliseneuve-prs-Billom France 2nd c. AD. https://t.co/7DoRF8UfBG"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1992045872646115680) 2025-11-22T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Tom_Rowsell in some versions of the Jupiter-Taranis columns the trampled humaniod does indeed look like a winged deity (Grand Vosges)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1992201211760767415) 2025-11-22T11:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Note that the cheek-piece of Helmet found at Agris (Charentes France) features the so-called "ram-horned serpent" (left) which is also represented on the Gundestrup cauldron where it is held by the god Cernunnos. (right) The Agris Helmet showcases the evolution of Celtic art. The decoration mainly reflects the 5th century Early style but the central and upper bands feature the developping La Tne style of the 4th century characterized by complex curvilinear plant- inspired motifs https://t.co/LMsb0yn4uk The Agris Helmet showcases the evolution of Celtic art. The decoration mainly reflects the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1992218706760626462) 2025-11-22T13:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"1920: regional immigrants from Western France settle mostly in the [--] most westerly districts of Paris near the terminal stations of the railways leading to their province. ("Manceaux" means from Maine) Graphshowing the place of birth of Parisians in [----] by district. https://t.co/7NDym0MCPo Graphshowing the place of birth of Parisians in [----] by district. https://t.co/7NDym0MCPo"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1992408111630688572) 2025-11-23T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@hermahai A Wanax from Mycenae might have been behind this"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1992642201965535665) 2025-11-23T17:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The water horse appears to have been a recurring motif of the lost Gaulish mythology. It is featured on this coin from the Aulerci tribe from Northwest Gaul (left) and on the lintel of the sanctuary of Roquepertuse (right) This coin from the La Tne period depicts a mythological scene which bears similarities with the story from the Mabinogion about the mare of Teyrnon and a foal. Gaulish horse godess Epona (right) usually compared with Welsh Rihannon was often depicted with a foal too https://t.co/BiPdOw11KB This coin from the La Tne period depicts a mythological scene which bears"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2003226587484049828) 2025-12-22T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gold stater of the Arverni tribe (end of the 2nd century BC): man with a mustache"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2004569129056075784) 2025-12-26T15:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This Gallo-Roman lead ex-voto (left) features a horse rider with long arms setting a (solar) wheel in motion which is reminiscent of pre-roman coins from the Redones tribe (right) depicting an anthrocephalic horse and a wheel (right) source: LP Delestre D.Hollard Human headed-horse on a Gaulish coin https://t.co/AVWSWzmR9g Human headed-horse on a Gaulish coin https://t.co/AVWSWzmR9g"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2004678962895847590) 2025-12-26T22:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A monumental temple to Mercury was built in the 1st century AD (rebuilt in the 2nd c.) on the summit of a lava dome (Puy-de-Dme) on former Arverni territory. The mountain sanctuary became a major pilgrimage centre"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2004720742039257500) 2025-12-27T01:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Extent of the territorial hegemony of the Arveni tribe (client tribes are in light green) at the peak of the Arvernian power in the middle of the 2nd century BC The hometown of Vercingetorix https://t.co/Zu6tCBb5C3 The hometown of Vercingetorix https://t.co/Zu6tCBb5C3"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005007417348968813) 2025-12-27T20:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Statue of the Arvernian Mercury found in Lezoux (Puy-de-Dme). The bearded god wears a typical Gallic hooded cloak called "cucullus". The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the tribal god of this Gallic people (a so-called Gaulish Mercury) : -Arvernus -Arvernorix (king of the Arverni) -Dumias (the lava dome on which the temple sits) https://t.co/AazsyRG3BS The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the tribal god of this Gallic people (a so-called Gaulish Mercury) :"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005267764051874026) 2025-12-28T13:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the late 4th century AD when the Roman empire was becoming christian the poet/ rhetorician Ausonios told about a friend of his who claimed to be descended from the Druids of Bayeux linked with the temple of celtic Belenus. B. Cunliffe Druids: A Very Short Introduction The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called Augustodurum) takes its name from the Celtic tribe of Baiocasses (map:https://t.co/8wVXISS5Zp) https://t.co/aWAMmaiSNn The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005285705304670509) 2025-12-28T14:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the Natural History Pliny recounts that the Greek artist Zenodorus made a gigantic statue of the Gaulish Mercury for the Arverni people before working on the Colossus of Nero A monumental temple to Mercury was built in the 1st century AD (rebuilt in the 2nd c.) on the summit of a lava dome (Puy-de-Dme) on former Arverni territory. The mountain sanctuary became a major pilgrimage centre https://t.co/MTnyqNBRcn A monumental temple to Mercury was built in the 1st century AD (rebuilt in the 2nd c.) on the summit of a lava dome (Puy-de-Dme) on former Arverni territory. The mountain sanctuary"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005335824024678415) 2025-12-28T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A fortified oppidum sat on the plateau of the Mont Castel (on the left) during the Iron age. It overlooked the port of the Baiocasses tribe which later became the port of the city of Bayeux (now Port-en-Bessin). The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called Augustodurum) takes its name from the Celtic tribe of Baiocasses (map:https://t.co/8wVXISS5Zp) https://t.co/aWAMmaiSNn The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called Augustodurum) takes its name from the Celtic tribe of"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005363158735896587) 2025-12-28T19:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Map of the names of French towns and regions derived from former Gaulish tribes Source: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The Aedui and the Suessiones : beginning of the 1st c. BC -The land of the Carnutes (blue) served as the religious and Druidic center of Gaul https://t.co/0hrCI3sPYZ [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The Aedui and the Suessiones :"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005365253065031933) 2025-12-28T19:48Z [----] followers, 58.9K engagements
"@SergiSanz05 It is related to the the Tricasse tribe of Northern Gaul and contains the root "Cass" which is a very common suffix in Gaulish tribesnames possibly related to the Tin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005436400729268233) 2025-12-29T00:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Writing in the 6th century A.D. in his Historia Francorum Gregory of Tours made reference to another temple of the Arverni located in Clermont: A shrine called "Vasso galatae" in the Gaulish tongue The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the tribal god of this Gallic people (a so-called Gaulish Mercury) : -Arvernus -Arvernorix (king of the Arverni) -Dumias (the lava dome on which the temple sits) https://t.co/AazsyRG3BS The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005792739737403686) 2025-12-30T00:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The etymology proposed by Mccone below: 1) "Vasso" (from which the French "Vassal" is derived) is related to Welsh Gwas "young man servant" 2) Gaulish "Galatis "(cognate with "Galatians") has a root *gal related to old Irish gal fury valour steam + the suffix *-ati"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2005807102749495720) 2025-12-30T01:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Isle of "Vectis" and the neighbouring coastal settlements-mid 1st century BC. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1057241403000876 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1057241403000876"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2006156235184230473) 2025-12-31T00:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The stone relief of the god Smertrios confronting a snake on the Pillar of Notre Dame de Paris could be a local representation of the Indo European storm god slaying the serpent . A lot of what is known about Gaulish religion comes from a stone pillar found in the 18th century in the basement of Notre-Dame de Paris. Dating from the 1st c. AD the "pillar of the boatmen" features depictions of multiple Gaulish and Roman gods and inscriptions in Gaulish. https://t.co/Gj5FmBdCHl A lot of what is known about Gaulish religion comes from a stone pillar found in the 18th century in the basement of"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2006791937106510140) 2026-01-01T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This passage from Macrobius's Saturnalia could preserve memories of a war between Tartessos and the Phoenicians drawing from an archaic Phoenician source from Cadiz. The name "Theron" is possibly the Greek rendering of the native name Geron"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2006859930054410647) 2026-01-01T22:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This limestone statue of the goddess Sequana sculpted in [----] by Eric de Laclos stands near the sources of the Seine River in Burgundy. Sequana was the name of the healing goddess of the river Seine. The center of her cult was a shrine located at the springs of the Seine River in the Burgundy region. Hundreds of wooden votive objects from the Gallo -roman era have been discovered on this site. https://t.co/236WimbRav Sequana was the name of the healing goddess of the river Seine. The center of her cult was a shrine located at the springs of the Seine River in the Burgundy region. Hundreds of"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007444471076544820) 2026-01-03T13:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Traces of Q-Celtic are also discernible in the ethnic name "Quariates" a tribe from Southeast Gaul. The tribesname may come from Celtic *kwario- ('cauldron'). In the Iron age the Seine river was called Squana. The name appears to have been an archaic relic of Q-Celtic within an overwhelmingly P-Celtic environment. Note that there was also a tribe called "Sequani" in Eastern Gaul. https://t.co/aW0MfbUemF In the Iron age the Seine river was called Squana. The name appears to have been an archaic relic of Q-Celtic within an overwhelmingly P-Celtic environment. Note that there was also a tribe"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007503592115323250) 2026-01-03T17:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Alessandro5393 The "Queyras" moutain range is indeed a name derived from the Quariates Gallic tribe"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007511243817734616) 2026-01-03T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@FolkvardGrenske There are ethnonyms derived from weapons like that of the Gestates tribe. Cauldron as an etymology is also found in the name of the Parisii which is the P-Celtic equivalent of Quariates; and could be linked with the mythological Cauldron of rebirth"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007514601228046546) 2026-01-03T18:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This coinage is thought to represent Litavicos a 1st century BC Gallic chieftain of the Aedui tribe The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007584141416829177) 2026-01-03T22:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A. Huelva Type Swords B. Nantes Type Swords C. Sa Idda Type Swords The Huelva type is the precursor to the Nantes and Sa-Idda sword types Brandherm and Burgess supported the idea of a diffusion as early as the end of the 11th century from Iberia More broadly the Carps Tongue complex designates a late bronze age group of objects found together in hoards including Carps Tongue sword end-winged axes socketed axes. It has a "Huelva" and Type Nantes phase. Below: Distribution map of the Type Nantes Variant Amboise https://t.co/CuepB6DxYB More broadly the Carps Tongue complex designates a late"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007798749456908723) 2026-01-04T12:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@sheilacbuk I posted it in the reply"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2007937948524933347) 2026-01-04T22:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Map of the place names in France that are based on the Celtic roots *medjo middle + *lanon. Some of these places might have been religious centres like Chteaumeillant which some historians believe was a meeting place of Druids. Source: Jacques Lacroix "Les Mediolanon""
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2008639155870499309) 2026-01-06T20:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Map of medieval Norwich with the French Borough or "New Burgh" on the left also called "Franci de Norvic" in the Domesday Book which was established by 1075"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2008664212357476471) 2026-01-06T22:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gaulish Medjo* is cognate with Midhe (Meath) the name of Ireland's ancient middle kingdom Map of the place names in France that are based on the Celtic roots *medjo middle + *lanon. Some of these places might have been religious centres like Chteaumeillant which some historians believe was a meeting place of Druids. Source: Jacques Lacroix "Les Mediolanon" https://t.co/lmHEbGPIDm Map of the place names in France that are based on the Celtic roots *medjo middle + *lanon. Some of these places might have been religious centres like Chteaumeillant which some historians believe was a meeting place"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2008849984180093165) 2026-01-07T10:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Goidelic has loan-words related to fishing and sea from a mysterious non Indo-European language. These include partan crab and gliomach 'lobster'"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2009050170433130857) 2026-01-07T23:51Z [----] followers, 96.5K engagements
"My theory is that the non Indo-European loanwords in Goidelic were borrowed from a donor language spoken in the Northern and Western Isles by communities carrying the I2a1b M423 lineage a subclade of Mesolithic origin that survived in the Orkneys into the bronze age Goidelic has loan-words related to fishing and sea from a mysterious non Indo-European language. These include partan crab and gliomach 'lobster'. https://t.co/GZJGbLEa8e Goidelic has loan-words related to fishing and sea from a mysterious non Indo-European language. These include partan crab and gliomach 'lobster'."
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2009063265071227310) 2026-01-08T00:43Z [----] followers, 32.3K engagements
"The French settled in the south-west corner of Southampton protected by the royal castle. Their quarter was equipped with [--] parish churches: St Michael patron saint of Normandy and St John. The street running parallel to English Street was known as 'French Street'. The medieval French quarter of Southampton can be seen on the lower left corner of this map. The existence of a French-speaking community in Southampton is first recorded in the Domesday Book. https://t.co/4aXczJ03Nr https://t.co/QlD0fUM9nt The medieval French quarter of Southampton can be seen on the lower left corner of this map."
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2009102173326459121) 2026-01-08T03:17Z [----] followers, 60.2K engagements
"@TSHamiltonAstro The shoreline has moved away from the medieval town as land was reclaimed to build new docks but the French street and English street (now High street) still exist"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2009436952257343594) 2026-01-09T01:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010157184659894456) 2026-01-11T01:09Z [----] followers, 130.5K engagements
"Several "Jupiter columns" showing the god slaying an anguiped giant have been found in the area. Moerover the many hills called "Montjoie" like "Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie" refer to a former "Mons Jovis" (Jove=Jupiter) indicating that Saint-Michel replaced Jupiter Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010333696067534945) 2026-01-11T12:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@FortressLugh Indeed and there is also the " Mont-Dol " in Eastern Brittany which was called Lecteren (in reference to Taranis) during the Gallic period then Mont Jovis (mount of Jupiter)== Mont Joie and later "Mont-Dol" because of its proximity to "Dol-de-Bretagne""
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010333978147066349) 2026-01-11T12:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The statue of the Archangel Michael stands at the top of the spire of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010366652890935652) 2026-01-11T15:02Z [----] followers, 108.1K engagements
"The statue of Saint Michel slaying the dragon by sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) is also exhibited at the Muse d'Orsay in Paris The statue of the Archangel Michael stands at the top of the spire of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey https://t.co/rN0G4IHLD6 The statue of the Archangel Michael stands at the top of the spire of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey https://t.co/rN0G4IHLD6"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010374122015178962) 2026-01-11T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The so-called Anguiped (snake-legged human figure) could be depicted on this coin of the Unelli tribe (Normandie) beneath the horse (left). This depiction may be the precursor to the imagery of the later Gallo-Roman "Cavalier l'Anguipde" atop the Jupiter Columns (right) Several "Jupiter columns" showing the god slaying an anguiped giant have been found in the area. Moerover the many hills called "Montjoie" like "Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie" refer to a former "Mons Jovis" (Jove=Jupiter) indicating that Saint-Michel replaced Jupiter https://t.co/8gbIuo0H1e Several "Jupiter columns" showing the god"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010424292421624024) 2026-01-11T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"These depictions of cranes recall the Celtic deity called 'Tarvos Trigaranos' or "The Bull and the Three Cranes" in Gaulish from the Pillar of Notre Dame de Paris. It is associated with the god Esus who is depicted on an adjacent panel chopping down a tree. Depictions of a crane riding a horse on Gallic coins https://t.co/tRKwuGtLSE Depictions of a crane riding a horse on Gallic coins https://t.co/tRKwuGtLSE"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010462772631416842) 2026-01-11T21:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The standard of king Charles VII of France featured Saint-Michel slaying the dragon (15th century). Artist: Serge Franzoa Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010470793155641812) 2026-01-11T21:56Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements
"@haldem5663 True the legend of St Germanus Scottus has incredible similarities with the Gallo Roman cult of Jupiter (Taranis) as it has been pointed out by the French scholar Patrice Lajoye"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010510837186732114) 2026-01-12T00:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The statue of Saint Michel slaying the dragon by sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet is also exhibited at the Muse d'Orsay in Paris"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2010519727110582380) 2026-01-12T01:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The following cities of Normandy derive their name from a Gallic tribe: - Bayeux (Baiocassi tribe) - Lisieux (Lexovii tribe) -Evreux (Eburovici tribe) - Avranches (Abrincati tribe) - Dreux (Durocassi tribe) Source: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names The main Celtic tribes in Normandy and their territories (1st century BC) https://t.co/PkX484ieJF https://t.co/YlxYpG973c The main Celtic tribes in Normandy and their territories (1st century BC) https://t.co/PkX484ieJF https://t.co/YlxYpG973c"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2019576521275711658) 2026-02-06T00:58Z [----] followers, 109.4K engagements
"Mesopotamian diviners inspecting the liver of a sacrificed sheep. The Etruscan divination consisting of taking omens from liver inspection (hepatoscopy) shows remarkably close correspondence to the form of divination developed in Bronze age Anatolia. Left: Hittite liver model (circa [--] [---] BC) Right: Etruscan Liver of Piacenza https://t.co/hZR7o1rj6f The Etruscan divination consisting of taking omens from liver inspection (hepatoscopy) shows remarkably close correspondence to the form of divination developed in Bronze age Anatolia. Left: Hittite liver model (circa [--] [---] BC) Right: Etruscan"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2022713670992544018) 2026-02-14T16:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"An old legend tells that the Mont Saint-Michel was originally surrounded by a dense forest called Fort de "Scissy" until a massive tidal wave swept away this forest In [---] AD forming the bay seen today. Mont Saint-Michel France https://t.co/8QGwhHZRf5 Mont Saint-Michel France https://t.co/8QGwhHZRf5"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2022841971585556634) 2026-02-15T01:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Alluding to the Gallic sack of Rome from [---] BC the Greek philosopher Heraclides Ponticus (390-310 BC) recounted that "an army proceeding from the Hyberboreans had taken a Greek city called Rome" (as quoted in Plutarch's Life of Camillus) In [---] BC Rome was weary from the strain of a long and grueling siege. The mighty Gauls fierce and determined had surrounded the city and were desperate to claim its heartthe Capitoline Hill. Under the cover of night their warriors began to scale its rocky slope skillfully https://t.co/ivRatosP5i In [---] BC Rome was weary from the strain of a long and"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2022082294551601480) 2026-02-12T22:56Z [----] followers, 46.1K engagements
"Fragment of a terracotta frieze from the Regia of the Roman forum showing a minotaur dated from the early 6th century BC. It suggest a reception of Greek mythology in Rome as early as the reign of Tarquin the Elder whose father Demaratus was a nobleman from Corinth. The "building F" of Athens agora (left) is a 6th century structure whose purpose is still unclear. It may have served as the palace of the Peisistratids tyrants of Athens. The Tarquins kings built the Regia (right) or "Royal house" of the Roman Forum on the same layout . https://t.co/ihKDrGTJaP The "building F" of Athens agora"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2023028799684878448) 2026-02-15T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The name Graeci "Greek" comes from the city of Graia the old name of Oropos on the coast of Boeotia. The name was first given by the 8th century BC Romans to the colonists from Graia who helped the Euboeans from Eretria to establish Cumae and was then used for all Greeks"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2023065831979225179) 2026-02-15T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The "building F" of Athens agora (left) is a 6th century structure whose purpose is still unclear. It may have served as the palace of the Peisistratids tyrants of Athens. The Tarquins kings built the Regia (right) or "Royal house" of the Roman Forum on the same layout "
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2022795191778754682) 2026-02-14T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Middle Bronze age site of Roca Apennine culture. Its fortification walls show the influence of the Aegean. The site was destroyed during a siege circa [--] [---] BC. The locals had a mostly Bronze age Italian profile but some individuals show Minoan admixture as per a [----] study"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/2023080732802080972) 2026-02-15T17:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh that indicated the location of the new "Lugudunon" meaning "Fortress of Lugh" to it founders"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1939780464664858808) 2025-06-30T20:17Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements
"The Plantagenets counts of Anjou were descended from the House of Chateaudun. Chateaudun contains the Celtic word "dun" (fortified high place) was a Gaulish oppida in the land of the Carnutes tribe ' whose territory is reckoned as the centre of all Gaul' according to Ceasar"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961473781291167765) 2025-08-29T16:59Z [----] followers, 79.8K engagements
"Richard III the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty belonged to the Y-DNA G2a a lineage of neolithic origin which still made up about 8% or the Gaulish population during the La Tene period. The Plantagenets counts of Anjou were descended from the House of Chateaudun. Chateaudun contains the Celtic word "dun" (fortified high place) was a Gaulish oppida in the land of the Carnutes tribe ' whose territory is reckoned as the centre of all Gaul' according to Ceasar https://t.co/YdSm3MqsgJ The Plantagenets counts of Anjou were descended from the House of Chateaudun. Chateaudun contains the Celtic"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961500803673534946) 2025-08-29T18:46Z [----] followers, 77.7K engagements
"Origins of the first Crusaders (University of Sheffield)"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964337954739929415) 2025-09-06T14:40Z [----] followers, 91.2K engagements
"In the 12th century Richard Lionheart referred to 'the Gauls' as if they were still around"
[X Link](https://x.com/Michssspp82096/status/1964690720578814280) 2025-09-07T14:02Z [----] followers, 23.5K engagements
"The Anglo Saxon chronicle mentions the post-1066 immigration: "Many Frenchmen also left their lands and went over sea and the king gave their estates to those who had held fast to him." Map of surnames related to ethnic/regional origin ( ex 'angevinus ') after [----] This shows that the north western french knights who fought under Alan Fergant at Hastings where rewarded lands along the east coast of England with the largest concentration in Suffolk. (Lestremau) https://t.co/qFWn2cRIbc Map of surnames related to ethnic/regional origin ( ex 'angevinus ') after [----] This shows that the north"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966269937699213395) 2025-09-11T22:37Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements
"The fortified site at Burghead (6th Century AD) Scotland's largest Pictish fort situated on the coast of Moray"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966636948870566061) 2025-09-12T22:56Z [----] followers, 19.6K engagements
"The Gaulish aristocrats had a habit of sitting cross-legged in a position similar to the Padmasana posture from the Buddhist and Hindu tradition. Below: statue from the site of Roquepertuse"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967758139455050004) 2025-09-16T01:11Z [----] followers, 133.6K engagements
"The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. The Gaulish aristocrats had a habit of sitting cross-legged in a position similar to the Padmasana posture from the Buddhist and Hindu tradition. Below: statue from the site of Roquepertuse https://t.co/ynmuYDVoQC The Gaulish aristocrats had a habit of sitting cross-legged in a position similar to the Padmasana posture from the Buddhist and Hindu tradition. Below: statue from the site of Roquepertuse https://t.co/ynmuYDVoQC"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967760109037293698) 2025-09-16T01:19Z [----] followers, 140.2K engagements
"We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967763498294972699) 2025-09-16T01:32Z [----] followers, 36.8K engagements
"In Gallo-roman art the Lotus position is associated with the Horned god Cernunnos who is depicted sitting in a cross-legged posture in stone-reliefs from Reims and Venduvres We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6 We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967765319390556459) 2025-09-16T01:39Z [----] followers, 53K engagements
""When they dine they all sit not upon chairs but upon the ground using for cushions the skins of wolves or of dogs" Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6 We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967776473386979511) 2025-09-16T02:24Z [----] followers, 18.4K engagements
"The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968123745295536451) 2025-09-17T01:24Z [----] followers, 98.5K engagements
""They nail up the heads on their houses just as certain hunters do when they have killed wild beasts. They embalm in cedar oil the heads of their most distinguished enemies and keep them carefully in a chest: they display them with pride to strangers" Diodorus Siculus"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968124848548516127) 2025-09-17T01:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The "God of Amiens" a Gallo-Roman statuette (1st century CE) thought to represent a Gaulish god with one animal ear"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968277517762166980) 2025-09-17T11:35Z [----] followers, 13.4K engagements
"The remnants of the stone pillars on display at the archeological museum in Marseille https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968507110603337903) 2025-09-18T02:47Z [----] followers, 50.2K engagements
""The cardinal doctrine which they seek to teach is that souls do not die but after death pass from one to another; and this belief as the fear of death is thereby cast aside they hold to be the greatest incentive to valour." Caesar the Gallic war https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968724449454071884) 2025-09-18T17:11Z [----] followers, 19.7K engagements
""As a rule among the Gallic peoples three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards the Vates and the Druids" Strabo Geography"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968834512458056168) 2025-09-19T00:28Z [----] followers, 23.9K engagements
"Scholar Ludwig Rbekeil has suggested that the genesis of the cult of Odin took place in the Celtic-Germanic contact zone and that the name *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celts in the adjective form *vatinos based on Celtic "vates" = a seer. "As a rule among the Gallic peoples three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards the Vates and the Druids" Strabo Geography https://t.co/nMxWI9YFyL "As a rule among the Gallic peoples three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards the Vates and the Druids" Strabo Geography https://t.co/nMxWI9YFyL"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969204028258029900) 2025-09-20T00:56Z [----] followers, 17.5K engagements
"The French city of Lyon from Gaulish "Lugudunon" can mean either "Fortress of the god Lugh" or "Raven's Mount" with "Lugos" meaning black bird/ Raven. This etymology explains why in the foundation myth of Lyon a flock of ravens indicate the location of the city. Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh that indicated the location of the new "Lugudunon" meaning "Fortress of Lugh" to it founders https://t.co/meQHyEupiL Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969211159287841187) 2025-09-20T01:25Z [----] followers, 22.5K engagements
"The raven was sacred for the Gauls and was also called "Branos" in Gaulish from which is derived the proper name "Brennos". The Gallic chietain who besieged Rome in [---] BC and the Galatian commander who lead the sack of Delphi in [---] BC both bore this name. The French city of Lyon from Gaulish "Lugudunon" can mean either "Fortress of the god Lugh" or "Raven's Mount" with "Lugos" meaning black bird/ Raven. This etymology explains why in the foundation myth of Lyon a flock of ravens indicate the location of the city. https://t.co/QWg4oeNUi5 The French city of Lyon from Gaulish "Lugudunon" can"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969215240492458363) 2025-09-20T01:41Z [----] followers, 20K engagements
"The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens fluttering about and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (.) named the city Lugdunon" Strabo also tells us about a Gaulish oracle associated with [--] crows https://t.co/fWRUjQjAdp Strabo also tells us about a Gaulish oracle associated with [--] crows https://t.co/fWRUjQjAdp"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969219826380951855) 2025-09-20T01:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads us to the mysterious Gallo-Roman bird god with [--] birds sitting upon his shoulders. The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens fluttering about and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (.) named the city Lugdunon" https://t.co/FW9Tpl1KSt The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969223233271447857) 2025-09-20T02:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts. So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads us to the mysterious Gallo-Roman bird god with [--] birds sitting upon his shoulders. https://t.co/R4nYu9GDYy So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969225174172975401) 2025-09-20T02:20Z [----] followers, 24K engagements
"The Proto-Germanic word for Iron *sarna is thought to be a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *sarnom. So if celtic blacksmiths travelled to the Germanic-Celtic contact zone Celtic seer ("Vates") could have brought raven divination to the Germanic tribes through the Volcae maybe if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts. https://t.co/rlTXmlbzT1 if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969240757002207736) 2025-09-20T03:22Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements
"A mysterious Gallo-Roman god is always depicted with two birds sitting upon his shoulders similar to Odin's messengers Huginn and Muninn's if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts. https://t.co/rlTXmlbzT1 if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts."
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969431914923651180) 2025-09-20T16:02Z [----] followers, 25.6K engagements
"Stone relief of a God surrounded by two birds found in Moux-Corgoloin in Burgundy Roman Gaul A mysterious Gallo-Roman god is always depicted with two birds sitting upon his shoulders similar to Odin's messengers Huginn and Muninn's https://t.co/upjB2Hf6qR A mysterious Gallo-Roman god is always depicted with two birds sitting upon his shoulders similar to Odin's messengers Huginn and Muninn's https://t.co/upjB2Hf6qR"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969445635590865019) 2025-09-20T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Some words from the Goidelic substrate share roots with Basque and Gaulish: -Md. Irish Ainder =young woman Gaulish anderon Basque andere ='lady woman' -O. Irish e 'salmon' Md. Welsh 'ehawc ' Gaulish *esoks Basque izokin - Old Irish adarc "horn" Basque adar 'horn' Before Indo-European languages like Latin Greek Celtic or Germanic spread across the continent Europe was home to a remarkable variety of older tongues most of which have since disappeared. https://t.co/676TqJr9KI Before Indo-European languages like Latin Greek Celtic or Germanic spread across the continent Europe was home to a"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969748826933149805) 2025-09-21T13:01Z [----] followers, 13.7K engagements
"Artifacts from the Gallo-Roman period display the raven as an emblem of Lugdunum like on this silver cup found in Lyon (1st century CE). The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens fluttering about and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (.) named the city Lugdunon" https://t.co/FW9Tpl1KSt The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969820191384015097) 2025-09-21T17:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (prof K. Gruel)"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970332501705965801) 2025-09-23T03:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Map of Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (from Katherine Gruel) Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/z0jt2LvzMK Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/z0jt2LvzMK"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970332941051142283) 2025-09-23T03:42Z [----] followers, 20.1K engagements
"Map of Gaulish coins depicting a horse with human head Gaulish coins depicting a horse with a human head (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/tPJR30Rs15 Gaulish coins depicting a horse with a human head (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/tPJR30Rs15"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970333838464409724) 2025-09-23T03:46Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements
"Human headed-horse on a Gaulish coin Map of Gaulish coins depicting a horse with human head https://t.co/JNxF55Leql Map of Gaulish coins depicting a horse with human head https://t.co/JNxF55Leql"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970334895420645607) 2025-09-23T03:50Z [----] followers, 17.1K engagements
"Gaulish dragon heads The 'Dragons dome' of Roissy is a 3rd century BC bronze artwork from the Parisii tribe discovered in [----] near the Paris international airport . The object features regular pentagons which suggests that the Gauls applied complex geometric principles in their artwork. https://t.co/DZNNSGqGjF The 'Dragons dome' of Roissy is a 3rd century BC bronze artwork from the Parisii tribe discovered in [----] near the Paris international airport . The object features regular pentagons which suggests that the Gauls applied complex geometric principles in their artwork."
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970488288130572525) 2025-09-23T13:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Distribution of Gaulish coins depicting a horse and triskels mostly in the area of Bordeaux (Santone tribe)"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970596415945498942) 2025-09-23T21:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The chief city of the Gaulish Arverni tribe led by Vercingetorix was called Nemossos. (reconstruction below) Nemossos comes from the Gaulish 'Nemeton' ('sacred grove' 'sanctuary') that is a cognate with Gaelic 'Neimheadh' (sanctuary holy thing)"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970608920961147166) 2025-09-23T21:59Z [----] followers, 10.7K engagements
"The sanctuary of the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (present-day Corent) The chief city of the Gaulish Arverni tribe led by Vercingetorix was called Nemossos. (reconstruction below) Nemossos comes from the Gaulish 'Nemeton' ('sacred grove' 'sanctuary') that is a cognate with Gaelic 'Neimheadh' (sanctuary holy thing). https://t.co/RBXWngo44I The chief city of the Gaulish Arverni tribe led by Vercingetorix was called Nemossos. (reconstruction below) Nemossos comes from the Gaulish 'Nemeton' ('sacred grove' 'sanctuary') that is a cognate with Gaelic 'Neimheadh' (sanctuary holy thing)."
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970640888465629205) 2025-09-24T00:06Z [----] followers, 74.3K engagements
"The hometown of Vercingetorix The sanctuary of the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (present-day Corent) https://t.co/klf3pSu6L7 The sanctuary of the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (present-day Corent) https://t.co/klf3pSu6L7"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970641803725730165) 2025-09-24T00:09Z [----] followers, 77.1K engagements
"This coin of the Leuci tribe (northeast France) shows the god Lug being struck by a spear then transforming into a bird and flying away. Gaulish coin of the Ambiani tribe depicting the god Lug https://t.co/ETdOQRgLZL Gaulish coin of the Ambiani tribe depicting the god Lug https://t.co/ETdOQRgLZL"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971665120993726850) 2025-09-26T19:56Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements
"The [--] [---] years old Gaulish calendar from Coligny France is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It registers a five-year cycle of 62lunar months divided into a "bright" and a "dark" fortnight (or half a moon cycle) each"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971680018226106375) 2025-09-26T20:55Z [----] followers, 21.8K engagements
"The Gaulish Months with their meaning and their modern equivalents: https://oraclehekataios.com/tag/samonios/ The [--] [---] years old Gaulish calendar from Coligny France is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It registers a five-year cycle of 62lunar months divided into a "bright" and a "dark" fortnight (or half a moon cycle) each. https://t.co/PPgJdvfmqa https://oraclehekataios.com/tag/samonios/ The [--] [---] years old Gaulish calendar from Coligny France is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It registers a five-year cycle of 62lunar months divided into a "bright""
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971682258999283723) 2025-09-26T21:04Z [----] followers, 19K engagements
"The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE)"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971912772649881841) 2025-09-27T12:20Z [----] followers, 39.5K engagements
"Dumnorix is one the three theophoric names or "kings of the world" which rule over the [--] areas of the Universe in the Gaulish cosmology: 1) deep and dark underground Dumnorix (2) the world of the living Biturix (3) the heavens above Albiorix See Xavier Delamarre: The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971935233357582509) 2025-09-27T13:49Z [----] followers, 22.3K engagements
"Vercingetorix appears to have been a title rather than a personal name. In Gaulish Werkingetorx means super-warrior-king king of super-warriors) from Gaulish *wer- (over) + *kingess (warrior) + *rx (king). Dumnorix is one the three theophoric names or "kings of the world" which rule over the [--] areas of the Universe in the Gaulish cosmology: 1) deep and dark underground Dumnorix (2) the world of the living Biturix (3) the heavens above Albiorix See Xavier Delamarre: https://t.co/rUob4wiYXW Dumnorix is one the three theophoric names or "kings of the world" which rule over the [--] areas of the"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971942143506936074) 2025-09-27T14:16Z [----] followers, 21.3K engagements
"The iconography of the coin is reminiscent of the stone sculptures from the oppidum of Entremont providing evidence for the Celtic head hunting and head cult pratice The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972012249259880859) 2025-09-27T18:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The brother of Dumnorix was a Druid called Diviciacus of the Aedui tribe. He is the only Druid from antiquity whose existence is attested by name. The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972028388815880196) 2025-09-27T19:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""At a xed time of the year the Druids hold session at a consecrated spot in the territory of the Carnutes which is considered to be the centre of all Gaul." Caesar the Gallic War"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972268712737874240) 2025-09-28T11:54Z [----] followers, 24.8K engagements
"The territory of the Carnutes tribe was reckoned to be the centre of Gaul. Accordingly the pan-Gallic assembly of the Druids took place there every year in a consecrated spot. "At a xed time of the year the Druids hold session at a consecrated spot in the territory of the Carnutes which is considered to be the centre of all Gaul." Caesar the Gallic War https://t.co/xvuM14Z5Pn "At a xed time of the year the Druids hold session at a consecrated spot in the territory of the Carnutes which is considered to be the centre of all Gaul." Caesar the Gallic War https://t.co/xvuM14Z5Pn"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972291801404023291) 2025-09-28T13:26Z [----] followers, 146.9K engagements
"Caesar noted that the Gauls believed they were descended from a god of the underworld whom he identified with roman Dis Pater "The Gauls affirm that they are all descended from a common father Dis Pater and say that this is the tradition of the Druids" The Gallic war Caesar"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972822166124290268) 2025-09-30T00:33Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements
"Diodorus Siculus relates that the Gauls had the habit of talking to each other in riddles"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973539198201372972) 2025-10-02T00:03Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements
"Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges. [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The Aedui and the Suessiones : beginning of the 1st c. BC -The land of the Carnutes (blue) served as the religious and Druidic center of Gaul https://t.co/0hrCI3sPYZ [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974276361482125349) 2025-10-04T00:52Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements
"The name Biturges derives from the stem bitu- ('world') attached to riges ('kings') and means "kings of the world" (of the livings) in Gaulish. Their name would therefore reflect the fact that they held the kingship of Gaul. Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges. https://t.co/Yu1BTzUg6U Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges."
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974318205838766434) 2025-10-04T03:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle: -Segovesus headed towards the Hercynian Forest(Central Europe) - Bellovesus led an invasion of northern Italy Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges. https://t.co/Yu1BTzUg6U Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974522161290420729) 2025-10-04T17:09Z [----] followers, 14.8K engagements
"The Gallic king Ambigatus bore a name which means he who fights in both directions composed of ambi- (around both sides) and catu- (battle fight) Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle: -Segovesus headed towards the Hercynian Forest(Central Europe) - Bellovesus led an invasion of northern Italy https://t.co/qcs0A00dFK Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle:"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974602440789127440) 2025-10-04T22:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The journey of the Volcae tribe from southern Gaul to Anatolia is indeed similar to the route of the First Crusade. @Michssspp82096 Volcae as early Knights Templar equivalents https://t.co/3jjGMrPtO9 @Michssspp82096 Volcae as early Knights Templar equivalents https://t.co/3jjGMrPtO9"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974776246551839121) 2025-10-05T09:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Hercynian Forest is an ancient dense forest cited by classical authors that once stretched from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains. It was the northern edge of the known world for a long time. (map: yt chanel the Histories)"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974839394222682269) 2025-10-05T14:09Z [----] followers, 34.1K engagements
"The name of the Hercynian Forest came from Proto-Celtic erkunyos later Gaulish *Erkunyo derived from the indo-european radical *perku- meaning 'oak'. The Hercynian Forest is an ancient dense forest cited by classical authors that once stretched from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains. It was the northern edge of the known world for a long time. (map: yt chanel the Histories) https://t.co/8jppFwk6Du The Hercynian Forest is an ancient dense forest cited by classical authors that once stretched from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains. It was the northern edge of the known world for a long"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974854599413797315) 2025-10-05T15:10Z [----] followers, 28.3K engagements
"Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974922391026602104) 2025-10-05T19:39Z [----] followers, 17.5K engagements
"This form of divination might have influenced the Oracle of Dodona in ancient Epirus where Zeus was said to speak to the worshippers through the rustling of leaves of a sacred oak tree. Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974926701441466800) 2025-10-05T19:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Minoans had tree-altars. Gold seal "ring of Minos" (circa [----] [----] BCE) Heraklion museum Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974985379666366898) 2025-10-05T23:49Z [----] followers, 57.2K engagements
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"@Ostokhoni @SkandArya999 @a_south_indian @iosif_lazaridis @assuwatama7 @Atacama372842 @manavparmar98 @John84795 @giac77 Achaemenids are gentically Elamites and Elamites did not speak Indo European. Actually it has been proposed thatbElamites and Dravidian (AASI) formed a proper language family"
X Link 2025-05-25T22:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@owen_mccor Normandy actually stands out for its genetic proximity with iron age continental Celts"
X Link 2025-06-16T10:38Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@CisalpinePride Do we have the Y dna of italian Bell Beakers I'm curious if padanian U152's founder effect is of Terramare origin and ultimately of Hungarian origin or if it came much earlier with the Bell Beaker"
X Link 2025-06-18T12:36Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@SonOfIrmin @Awarness_34 @CisalpinePride @istvaeonic Sure as well"
X Link 2025-06-20T07:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BarbaricGaul @owen_mccor it comes from the works of Xavier Delamarre an Jacques Lacroix: https://www.academia.edu/1573354/Cosmologie_indo_europ%C3%A9enne_Rois_du_Monde_celtiques_et_le_noms_des_druides_KZ_1999_ https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2016_num_42_1_2470 https://toutagalation.org/gaulish-worldview/ https://www.academia.edu/1573354/Cosmologie_indo_europ%C3%A9enne_Rois_du_Monde_celtiques_et_le_noms_des_druides_KZ_1999_ https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2016_num_42_1_2470 https://toutagalation.org/gaulish-worldview/"
X Link 2025-06-25T12:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"The gallic chietain who besieged Rome in [---] BC ( Brennos) strangely bore the same name as the gaulish leader who invaded the sanctuary of Delphi in [---] BC (Brennos). It likely was a warrior title from "branos": raven an avatar of Lugh related to Irish Bran (mac Febail)"
X Link 2025-06-25T22:06Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"After the plundering of the sanctuary of Delphi in [---] BC the Volcae tribe (from central Europe) headed west an settled in Gaul (Toulouse) The gold and silver from the treasure was then thrown into sacred lakes around Toulouse . It was said that the hoard was under a curse"
X Link 2025-06-26T10:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"2/ The name Bego derives from the ancient Indo-European root beg meaning "divine and the mountain is rich in metals and known for its violent thunderstorms"
X Link 2025-06-27T20:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"3/Many petroglyphs represent Horned figures. According to the most popular theory it represented a bull-god master of lightning and dispenser of fertilizing rain"
X Link 2025-06-27T20:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"To this day only one clear attestation of the name 'Cernunnos' has ever been found. It is engraved on the Pillar of the Boatmen (Nautae Parisiaci) which was discovered in [----] under the basement of the catheral Notre-Dame de Paris"
X Link 2025-06-28T20:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"What is the real number of English words of Brythonic origin It seems that only a few English words are known to come directly from Brittonic"
X Link 2025-06-29T10:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"The name Bourbon comes from the toponym Bourbon-l'Archambault that is derived from "Borvo" the celtic god of healing springs. It stems from the Proto-Celtic verbal root *berw- (boil brew) from which the Bhear river (Ireland) and the city of Worms (Germany) are also derived"
X Link 2025-06-30T13:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"The founders of Lyon had similarities with the Dioscuri: -Atepomaros: at-epo- (gaulish "horse") and marus (" great") means "Great Horseman" =the Dioscuri were known as "Horse Tamers" -Momoros means "the swan" = Zeus took the form of a swan to seduce Leda mother of Castor Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh that indicated the location of the new "Lugudunon" meaning "Fortress of Lugh" to it founders https://t.co/meQHyEupiL Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers"
X Link 2025-06-30T22:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
""Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle which is received by others in a white cloak. They then immolate the victims offering up their prayers" Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia"
X Link 2025-07-02T21:32Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
""We must not omit to mention the admiration that is lavished upon this plant by the Gauls. The Druidsfor that is the name they give to their magicians held nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree that bears it." Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia "Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle which is received by others in a white cloak. They then immolate the victims offering up their prayers" Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia https://t.co/xCGafD8UPN "Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree and cuts the mistletoe with a"
X Link 2025-07-03T12:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Another Scottish colony was established at Saint-Martin-D'Auxigny where until the 19th century locals were said to speak a strange mix of French and Scottish and have surnames like du Perth In [----] [--] [---] Scotsmen arrived in France as part of the Auld Alliance. In this context Charles VII of France granted the town of Aubigny-sur-Nre to Sir John Stuart of Darnley the Constable of the Scottish army. Since then it has been called The City of the Stuarts . https://t.co/0uV2tUII5c In [----] [--] [---] Scotsmen arrived in France as part of the Auld Alliance. In this context Charles VII of France granted"
X Link 2025-07-09T15:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"William' s invading force at Hastings also included men from : -Boulogne (near Calais) -Poix (Picardy) -Poitevins (Poitou) -Brittany -Maine (Le Mans) = that is: the entire French side of the English channel+ the north of Aquitaine -below: Robert Wace Roman de Rou"
X Link 2025-07-10T11:44Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"Some believe that the name Caithness is related to' Attacotti' via the roots 'cat' 'cott'. In this case the Attacotti would be the people inhabiting northern Scotland before the arrival of the brittonic Picts. In late antiquity authors such as Ammianus and St Jerome wrote about a mysterious ethnic group from the British isles that was different from the Picts Scots and Britons: The Attacotti. This name is not mentioned in later sources. https://t.co/okjdEZcWxP In late antiquity authors such as Ammianus and St Jerome wrote about a mysterious ethnic group from the British isles that was"
X Link 2025-07-11T10:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"After James VII was deposed in [----] the Stuarts in exile held court at the palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris"
X Link 2025-07-13T11:39Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"The 'Anatolian settlement plan' of the bronze age like that of Troy consisted of a large central courtyard surrounded by row-houses. (Left) It had similarities with the plan of Sintashta's stronghold of Arkaim. (Right)"
X Link 2025-07-17T20:30Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"Neolithic Hebrideans created a prehistoric Venice by building dozens of artificial islands with timber and stones known as 'crannogs which may have been ritual sites"
X Link 2025-07-19T12:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@lefineder I wonder if Lower Egypt had a different language before the unification with Upper Egypt a language closer to some West Asian languages maybe"
X Link 2025-07-19T20:05Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"In a Mesolithic site on the Isle of Oronsay the last hunter gatherers of Scotland deposited together seal flipper bones and human hand bones in a shell midden"
X Link 2025-07-20T14:06Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"This carved stone depiction of the Celtic horned God Cernunnos was found in [----] on a pillar laying in a crypt under the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris. In antiquity this place was settled by a Celtic tribe called the 'Parisi' which gave its name to the city"
X Link 2025-08-30T14:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@CsfHighlan97034 Do you know the location of the samples"
X Link 2025-09-02T10:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"'The Volcae Tectosages seized on those parts of Germany which are the most fruitful and lie around the Hercynian forest and settled there. Which nation to this time retains its position in those settlements and has a very high character for justice and military merit' Caesar It's still unclear where the Volcae orginated: Gaul or the Czech Republic For Caesar the Volcae of central Europe were descended from Gaulish settlers. https://t.co/o84DdoFNaS It's still unclear where the Volcae orginated: Gaul or the Czech Republic For Caesar the Volcae of central Europe were descended from Gaulish"
X Link 2025-09-05T22:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The walls of the medieval Palace of the French kings were covered with Fleur de Lys"
X Link 2025-09-07T15:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In the epic 'The Deeds of Robert Guiscard' describing the Norman conquest of southern Italy the chronicler William of Apulia refers to the Normans as "the Gauls" The Byzantine emperor Constantine IX called the Normans "the Gauls". https://t.co/gi0utsh6fd The Byzantine emperor Constantine IX called the Normans "the Gauls". https://t.co/gi0utsh6fd"
X Link 2025-09-11T01:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The Palace of the "Lady of Vix" at the Mont Lassois oppidum (500 BC) Hallstatt France (image: K. B. Rothe)"
X Link 2025-09-13T19:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Pomponius Mela also describes a Gallic oracle on the Isle of Sena (now le de Sein) whose nine priestesses who were also healers and prophetessess were known as the "Gallizenae" Strabo quoting Posidonios described a community of druidesses from the Namnitae/ Namnetes Gaulish tribe worshipping a celtic god on a small offshore island near the River Loire https://t.co/wy6I9IXSAi Strabo quoting Posidonios described a community of druidesses from the Namnitae/ Namnetes Gaulish tribe worshipping a celtic god on a small offshore island near the River Loire https://t.co/wy6I9IXSAi"
X Link 2025-09-14T15:50Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@tobias_schulte Not exactly the closest thing you have from a proper padmasana is the statue of "the god of Bouray" who is also thought to represent the god Cernunnos. (notice the hooved feet)"
X Link 2025-09-16T21:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Distribution of seated burials of the La Tne Iron age (Prof. Andrew Lamb) Numerous burials containing skeletons in a seated position and facing west from the La Tne period have also been discovered over the last few years. Their positioning suggests they may have held special religious or political status https://t.co/Vv1GDDrsOH Numerous burials containing skeletons in a seated position and facing west from the La Tne period have also been discovered over the last few years. Their positioning suggests they may have held special religious or political status https://t.co/Vv1GDDrsOH"
X Link 2025-09-16T23:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Caesar identified the great Gaulish god Lugus with Roman Mercury: Above all they worship Mercury. They have many statues of him and they consider him the inventor of all arts the guide of roads and journeys and the god with the greatest influence over commerce and trade"
X Link 2025-09-23T00:11Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements
"Gaulish coin of the Ambiani tribe depicting the god Lug According to Caesar the Gaulish god was believed to be "the inventor of all arts" which is reminiscent of the epithet of Irish Lugh "Samildnach" which means 'equally skilled in many arts' https://t.co/F3ZOUABB7m According to Caesar the Gaulish god was believed to be "the inventor of all arts" which is reminiscent of the epithet of Irish Lugh "Samildnach" which means 'equally skilled in many arts' https://t.co/F3ZOUABB7m"
X Link 2025-09-24T22:04Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements
"@FCMart1n The Bituriges power in the early Iron age is confirmed by archeology. But the core Gaulish territory the Keltika of Livy and Caesar would have been a polity and not an archeological culture that didn't overlap with Hallstatt as it included the Atlantic coast (Armorica)"
X Link 2025-09-25T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@RoyDouglas60265 Not yet"
X Link 2025-09-28T12:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@son_woden The etymology of Dumnorix would indeed fit the idea of Gaulish god of the Underworld"
X Link 2025-09-30T00:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Azn_Phucboi The reign of Tarquinius Priscus (circa [---] BC) whom Livy refers to in this excerpt corresponds to the Archaic period in Greece"
X Link 2025-10-04T01:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC Archeology confirms that before the La Tne period the site of Bourges the capital of the Bituriges was one of the most significant centre of power north of the Alps https://t.co/KAWapfcYN5 Archeology confirms that before the La Tne period the site of Bourges the capital of the Bituriges was one of the most significant centre of power north of the Alps https://t.co/KAWapfcYN5"
X Link 2025-10-04T02:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The settlement of Bourges would have been one of the mightiest of Iron age France in the Hallstatt D2 period which is the time of the legendary kingdom of the Bituriges of the mythical king Ambigatus mentioned by Livy The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH"
X Link 2025-10-04T02:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The zenith of the settlement of Bourges and the rise of the polity they ruled corresponds exaclty to the time when the Celts are first mentioned by Hecataeus of Miletus as being those inland from Massalia in what would have been inland iron age Gaul (map: Rachel Pope) The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH The settlement of Bourges capital of the Bituriges covered several hundred hectares in the 5th century BC https://t.co/3ix1fpRLhH"
X Link 2025-10-04T03:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The eastward Gallic migration recounted by Livy raises another question: Where did the Volcae tribe who was settled both in Gaul and in Central Europ originate Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle: -Segovesus headed towards the Hercynian Forest(Central Europe) - Bellovesus led an invasion of northern Italy https://t.co/qcs0A00dFK Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands"
X Link 2025-10-04T17:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Patrick Sims-Williams notes that Caesar believed that the Volcae Tectosages from Central Europe were descended from Gauls who had migrated eastward a claim which echoes the legend recounted by Livy about a Gallic migration into the Hercynian Forest. The eastward Gallic migration recounted by Livy raises another question: Where did the Volcae tribe who was settled both in Gaul and in Central Europ originate https://t.co/Or4f6P3fWJ The eastward Gallic migration recounted by Livy raises another question: Where did the Volcae tribe who was settled both in Gaul and in Central Europ originate"
X Link 2025-10-04T17:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Sellopoulo Ring from Knossos looks like the punishment of Prometheus and Sisyphus"
X Link 2025-10-05T22:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Caroline Jane Tully 'Cultic life of trees in the Prehistoric Aegean Levant Egypt and Cyprus' https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020.05.42/ https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020.05.42/"
X Link 2025-10-05T23:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A tree shrine was set on a minoan throne. "The House of the Lady" with the Ivory Pyxis Mochlos c.14801425 BCE The tree altar was even carried on a boat. Gold ring from Mochlos. https://t.co/3c8ZknmsT9 The tree altar was even carried on a boat. Gold ring from Mochlos. https://t.co/3c8ZknmsT9"
X Link 2025-10-06T00:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@OSINTPhilosophy"
X Link 2025-10-07T20:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@OSINTPhilosophy Not sor far but I would like to find out more"
X Link 2025-10-07T20:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"During the siege to the capital of Arzawa the Hittites purposely placed sheep carrying Tularemia outside the city walls which the starving inhabitants of the city brought inside spreading the epidemic. Could the plague episod in the IliadpreservememoriesofBronze Age biological warfare Indeed an epidemic of Tularemia broke out in Canaan in the 14th c. BC and was deliberately brought to Western Anatolia by the Hittites in the first known record of biological warfare; https://t.co/9WLt6s3ThQ Could the plague episod in the IliadpreservememoriesofBronze Age biological warfare Indeed an epidemic of"
X Link 2025-10-12T14:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In a Gallo-Roman sanctuary in Northern France archaeologists have uncovered a dedication to the god Apollo Vatumarus. The divine name Vatumaros ('High Seer') contains the Gaulish root vtis ( seer soothsayer) attached to maros (high) and could have applied to Lugh previously Scholar Ludwig Rbekeil has suggested that the genesis of the cult of Odin took place in the Celtic-Germanic contact zone and that the name *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celts in the adjective form *vatinos based on Celtic "vates" = a seer. https://t.co/9i9PWj1N6q Scholar Ludwig Rbekeil has suggested that the genesis of the"
X Link 2025-09-25T21:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@chapchapss This author gives a list of Gaulish personal names: https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2003_num_35_1_2156 https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2003_num_35_1_2156"
X Link 2025-09-27T19:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Apollo's ability to bring deadly plagues by shooting his arrows as portrayed in the Iliad traces its origin to the Anatolian Bronze age. This power was associated with gods such as Apaliunas or the god "Iyarri" referred to as the "lord of the bow" Mary Bachvarova suggests that the Greek god Apollo was derived from two Anatolian deities: -Appaluwa who appears in the Arzawan plague rituals ; - Apaliunas the protective deity of Troy; meaning "The One of Entrapment" (in the sense of the "Hunter") in Luwian. https://t.co/nzlO64vgAe Mary Bachvarova suggests that the Greek god Apollo was derived"
X Link 2025-10-11T13:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Could the plague episod in the IliadpreservememoriesofBronze Age biological warfare Indeed an epidemic of Tularemia broke out in Canaan in the 14th c. BC and was deliberately brought to Western Anatolia by the Hittites in the first known record of biological warfare; Apollo's ability to bring deadly plagues by shooting his arrows as portrayed in the Iliad traces its origin to the Anatolian Bronze age. This power was associated with gods such as Apaliunas or the god "Iyarri" referred to as the "lord of the bow" https://t.co/MRNPyqZ11y Apollo's ability to bring deadly plagues by shooting his"
X Link 2025-10-12T14:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Bronze age religious hymns also tell us that the Hittites and Arzawans invoked gods to cure plagues or to divert deadly diseases to the enemies. This is reflected in the Iliad when Apollo sends a plague then the Greek seer Calchas has to perform rituals to appease him. During the siege to the capital of Arzawa the Hittites purposely placed sheep carrying Tularemia outside the city walls which the starving inhabitants of the city brought inside spreading the epidemic. https://t.co/xY6fkW8rPz During the siege to the capital of Arzawa the Hittites purposely placed sheep carrying Tularemia"
X Link 2025-10-12T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"According to Kazim Abdullaev (reconstruction below) this construction could be a prototype of the dakhma used by the Zoroastrians for exposing corpses (also known as "Tower of Silence ") Paintings from the mural of the shrine VI.B.I. at atalhyk seem to represent a construction consisting of a ladder and a platform. https://t.co/RwNjrCfkby Paintings from the mural of the shrine VI.B.I. at atalhyk seem to represent a construction consisting of a ladder and a platform. https://t.co/RwNjrCfkby"
X Link 2025-10-19T02:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@TotnarmWatcher yes from the "Out-of-Anatolia" paper. There was an East-West cline made up of Upper Mesoptomia admixture (East) and Pinarabsi admicture (West)"
X Link 2025-10-19T14:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Burushaski is a language isolate spoken in Northern Pakistan in an area that was once situated at the crossroads of the Harappan civilization and BactriaMargiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC)"
X Link 2025-10-20T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Cucuteni large site of Stolniceni in Moldova . A link could be drawn between the circular pattern of Cucuteni sites and the circular plan of later Anatolian bronze age site. After all the Usatove people who are possible Proto-Anatolians people were a Trypillian+CLV mix. The 'Anatolian settlement plan' of the bronze age like that of Troy consisted of a large central courtyard surrounded by row-houses. (Left) It had similarities with the plan of Sintashta's stronghold of Arkaim. (Right). https://t.co/1fM9C8O7qK The 'Anatolian settlement plan' of the bronze age like that of Troy consisted of"
X Link 2025-10-21T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The evolution of dual-chambered updraught kilns on the Cucuteni-Tripolye mega-sites in the 4th millennium BC: a view from Stolniceni https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342530440_The_evolution_of_dual-chambered_updraught_kilns_on_the_Cucuteni-Tripolye_mega-sites_in_the_4th_millennium_BC_a_view_from_Stolniceni__cf_chl_rt_tk=seLgK9VzZy0CH_u9JemuCIy1AxwX8x2MkPiFEdR2w38-1761080882-1.0.1.1-dzerhXNreo_7xLukqm00rzQUff5uo_pa.hUvjccE_OM"
X Link 2025-10-21T21:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Scholar Gaetano Chierici noted "the similarities between the wall and ditch of the Terramare sites and the ditch and agger in Roman city founding as well as between the grid structure of Terramare roads and the card and decumnus of Roman military camps" The late bronze age Terramare culture of Northern Italy also had regularly planned layouts (Terramare di Montale below) . Scholars such as Tubler have advocated for a continuity between the bronze age Terremare Villanovian and finally Etruscan cities. https://t.co/qSt9uKdjW8 The late bronze age Terramare culture of Northern Italy also had"
X Link 2025-10-25T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""Unde venisti The Prehistory of Italic through its Loanword Lexicon" Wigman A.M. https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3655654/view https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3655654/view"
X Link 2025-10-25T17:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The iron age site of Hallstatt in Austria was actually situated in the Rhaetic-speaking area"
X Link 2025-10-26T00:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Patrick Sims-Williams quoting Peter Anreiter suggests that Iron age Austria initially spoke a non-Celtic Indo European language that was later replaced by a Celtic language in the La Tne era. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-alternative-to-celtic-from-the-east-and-celtic-from-the-west/4F186F087DD3BE66D535102484F8E8C3 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-alternative-to-celtic-from-the-east-and-celtic-from-the-west/4F186F087DD3BE66D535102484F8E8C3"
X Link 2025-10-26T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@BBartanay ou Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle_(Giles) http://archive.org https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle_(Giles) http://archive.org"
X Link 2025-10-26T12:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@OSINTPhilosophy "Bronze age halberds" are different. see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/halberds-of-power-an-early-bronze-age-hoard-from-muszkowo-in-poland/5B33F21B59642F506C321017DE1587A0 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/halberds-of-power-an-early-bronze-age-hoard-from-muszkowo-in-poland/5B33F21B59642F506C321017DE1587A0"
X Link 2025-10-28T03:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The 'Valle des Merveilles' (Valley of Wonders) at the foot of The Mount Bgo in the southern Alps is one of the most important concentrations of rock art in Western Europe with some [-----] figurative engravings from the Chalcolithic and Bronze age. These engravings depict individuals holdings halberds https://t.co/yNAIGDpwl1 These engravings depict individuals holdings halberds https://t.co/yNAIGDpwl1"
X Link 2025-10-28T23:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The rock carvings from Mont Bgo inform us about different types of Bronze age halberds The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj"
X Link 2025-10-29T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Rising to a height of [----] meters the Mont Bgo is located in the Maritime Alps less than [--] kilometres from the Mediterranean. The 'Valle des Merveilles' (Valley of Wonders) at the foot of The Mount Bgo in the southern Alps is one of the most important concentrations of rock art in Western Europe with some [-----] figurative engravings from the Chalcolithic and Bronze age. https://t.co/heelhUKRq3 The 'Valle des Merveilles' (Valley of Wonders) at the foot of The Mount Bgo in the southern Alps is one of the most important concentrations of rock art in Western Europe with some [-----] figurative"
X Link 2025-10-29T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"At the crossroads between modern-day French and Italian Alps the Mont Bgo was located on a route of Bell Beakers expansion where it received influences from both the Central European and Iberian Bell-Beakers. It's inahbitants were the ancestors of Celtio Ligurians Rising to a height of [----] meters the Mont Bgo is located in the Maritime Alps less than [--] kilometres from the Mediterranean. https://t.co/ncEWxDtslb Rising to a height of [----] meters the Mont Bgo is located in the Maritime Alps less than [--] kilometres from the Mediterranean. https://t.co/ncEWxDtslb"
X Link 2025-10-29T01:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""four anthropomorphic figures attributed to the Final Neolithic share a singularity: their feet are turned inward. The anatomical anomaly evokes the pathology of the bilateral clubfoot. " https://journals.openedition.org/nda/13118lang=en This anthropomorphic figure from Mont Bgo was long considered a sacrificial victim due to the knife pointing toward his head. https://t.co/gIyI8GM9BN https://journals.openedition.org/nda/13118lang=en This anthropomorphic figure from Mont Bgo was long considered a sacrificial victim due to the knife pointing toward his head. https://t.co/gIyI8GM9BN"
X Link 2025-10-29T23:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The carving of the "Sorcerer" has become the emblem of the Muse des Merveilles dedicated to the Copper and Bronze Age archeology from the Mount Bgo area. The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj The so-called " Sorcerer" carving from the Mount Bgo has been interpreted as a shaman holding daggers or as a bull-god brandishing a bolt of lightning. https://t.co/fcLn3AEAjj"
X Link 2025-10-30T23:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Arnold_Platon Right"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@Gnosisinformant Good question likely because Ogmios is said to be a god of eloquence which in the classical mind is associated with Hermes"
X Link 2025-11-02T12:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The ancient Celts used a base [--] counting system called vigesimal as opposed to the decimal system of Latin (ten-based). This numeral system can be seen in the word for eighty based on multiples of twenty : Gaelic "ceithir fichead" = 4-20 Welsh "pedwar ugain" = 4-20"
X Link 2025-11-04T00:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The substratum in Insular Celtic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341916003_The_substratum_in_Insular_Celtic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341916003_The_substratum_in_Insular_Celtic"
X Link 2025-11-04T03:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The "Monument de La Tne" stone stelae features a 2nd century BC anthropomorphic Celtic dagger discovered in Thielle (canton of Neuchtel Switzerland ) and marks the location of the archaeological site of La Tne"
X Link 2025-11-04T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"According to Alderik H. Blom the name "Bagaudae" comes from the Gaulish term *bg-auda meaning fighter; It may be related to Old Irish terms like bg combat. The "Bagaudae" were groups of peasant local warlords and brigands who led social uprisings in the western Roman Empire. during the Crisis of the 3rd Century and in the 5th century . The word Bagaudae is thought to be Gaulish. https://t.co/v59MGbzHno The "Bagaudae" were groups of peasant local warlords and brigands who led social uprisings in the western Roman Empire. during the Crisis of the 3rd Century and in the 5th century . The word"
X Link 2025-11-09T15:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The pillar of the boatmen also features depictions of a lost Gaulish myth which involved the god "Esus" represented felling the cosmic tree with an axe (right) and a deity called "Tarvos Trigaranos" : "the bull with three cranes" in Gaulish (left) Called "Nautae Parisiaci" (the sailors of the Parisii tribe) in ancient times the monument is famously known for providing several Gaulish theonyms including the only undisputed instance of the divine name "Cernunnos" the Gaulish horned god of the underworld. https://t.co/mVdVMjZ50x Called "Nautae Parisiaci" (the sailors of the Parisii tribe) in"
X Link 2025-11-10T01:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This engraving shows the the limestone blocks of the Pillar of the Boatmen that were excavated in [----] beneath the choir of Notre-Dame de Paris. The stone relief of the Celtic god Esus can be seen in the foreground. During the reign of Louis XIV significant transformations took place at Notre-Dame to renovate the choir. And in [----] while digging under the nave workers found [--] limestone blocks of the Pillar of the boatmen. https://t.co/bjCdvijgCv During the reign of Louis XIV significant transformations took place at Notre-Dame to renovate the choir. And in [----] while digging under the nave"
X Link 2025-11-10T14:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Sections of the wall of the "le de la Cit" built during the 3rd century crisis and in the IVth century AD can be seen in the underground crypt near Notre-Dame. In the 4th century during the barbarian invasions the stone blocks that formed the pillar were broken and re-used to reinforce the city wall along the riverbank of the "le de la Cit" an island on the Seine River which formed the centre of Paris. (picture: JC. Golvin) https://t.co/17Y8zU3nLQ In the 4th century during the barbarian invasions the stone blocks that formed the pillar were broken and re-used to reinforce the city wall along"
X Link 2025-11-10T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The relief features the inscription "EURISES" which is a Gaulish word meaning "dedicated" The sailors of the Parisi (Nautae Parisiaci) who offered the monument are depicted on this stone relief. They carry spears and Gaulish shields. Their guild is considered the first known society of Paris https://t.co/F7RwxDSMmJ The sailors of the Parisi (Nautae Parisiaci) who offered the monument are depicted on this stone relief. They carry spears and Gaulish shields. Their guild is considered the first known society of Paris https://t.co/F7RwxDSMmJ"
X Link 2025-11-10T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@RomeInTheEast yes. and from what I have read it grew by the merger of other small islets and due to the river banks becoming more stable over time"
X Link 2025-11-10T15:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Engraving by Jean Marot I (1619 - 1679) depicting the choir of Notre-Dame around [----] just before its renovation and the digging"
X Link 2025-11-10T21:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Engraving showing the limestone blocks of the Pillar of the Boatmen that were excavated in 1711"
X Link 2025-11-10T21:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"These La Tne period silver coins from Thrace depict a colossus with a burning head or the head portrayed as a wheel and what appears to be a ladder. They supposedly represent the Wicker Man described in the Gallic Wars . The sacrifice by fire to Taranis is reminiscent of the description of the Gallic Wicker man by Caesar: "Some tribes have colossal images made of wickerwork the limbs of which they fill with living men; they are then set on fire and the victims burnt to death" The Gallic War https://t.co/3P0fazdOCH The sacrifice by fire to Taranis is reminiscent of the description of the"
X Link 2025-11-15T18:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A wheel (of Taranis) is depicted in the top left corner of this coin from the Balkans possibly linked with the Galatians"
X Link 2025-11-15T18:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] archaeologists discovered a Gallic ritual deposit of around [---] artifacts at Tintignac (south-central France). Among the finds were a 4th/3rd c. BC bronze helmet in the shape of a swan and the first complete Carnyx ever found (topped with the head of a boar)"
X Link 2025-11-16T15:00Z [----] followers, 70.1K engagements
"The god on horseback trampling a monstrous human (representing Dubnos the underworld) is supposedly depicted on multiple Gallic coins which were precursors to the the Gallo-Roman Jupiter/Taranis columns Celtic Jupiter tramples down the chaotic forces as depicted on a Jupiter Column from gliseneuve-prs-Billom France 2nd c. AD. https://t.co/7DoRF8UfBG Celtic Jupiter tramples down the chaotic forces as depicted on a Jupiter Column from gliseneuve-prs-Billom France 2nd c. AD. https://t.co/7DoRF8UfBG"
X Link 2025-11-22T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Tom_Rowsell in some versions of the Jupiter-Taranis columns the trampled humaniod does indeed look like a winged deity (Grand Vosges)"
X Link 2025-11-22T11:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Note that the cheek-piece of Helmet found at Agris (Charentes France) features the so-called "ram-horned serpent" (left) which is also represented on the Gundestrup cauldron where it is held by the god Cernunnos. (right) The Agris Helmet showcases the evolution of Celtic art. The decoration mainly reflects the 5th century Early style but the central and upper bands feature the developping La Tne style of the 4th century characterized by complex curvilinear plant- inspired motifs https://t.co/LMsb0yn4uk The Agris Helmet showcases the evolution of Celtic art. The decoration mainly reflects the"
X Link 2025-11-22T13:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"1920: regional immigrants from Western France settle mostly in the [--] most westerly districts of Paris near the terminal stations of the railways leading to their province. ("Manceaux" means from Maine) Graphshowing the place of birth of Parisians in [----] by district. https://t.co/7NDym0MCPo Graphshowing the place of birth of Parisians in [----] by district. https://t.co/7NDym0MCPo"
X Link 2025-11-23T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@hermahai A Wanax from Mycenae might have been behind this"
X Link 2025-11-23T17:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The water horse appears to have been a recurring motif of the lost Gaulish mythology. It is featured on this coin from the Aulerci tribe from Northwest Gaul (left) and on the lintel of the sanctuary of Roquepertuse (right) This coin from the La Tne period depicts a mythological scene which bears similarities with the story from the Mabinogion about the mare of Teyrnon and a foal. Gaulish horse godess Epona (right) usually compared with Welsh Rihannon was often depicted with a foal too https://t.co/BiPdOw11KB This coin from the La Tne period depicts a mythological scene which bears"
X Link 2025-12-22T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gold stater of the Arverni tribe (end of the 2nd century BC): man with a mustache"
X Link 2025-12-26T15:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This Gallo-Roman lead ex-voto (left) features a horse rider with long arms setting a (solar) wheel in motion which is reminiscent of pre-roman coins from the Redones tribe (right) depicting an anthrocephalic horse and a wheel (right) source: LP Delestre D.Hollard Human headed-horse on a Gaulish coin https://t.co/AVWSWzmR9g Human headed-horse on a Gaulish coin https://t.co/AVWSWzmR9g"
X Link 2025-12-26T22:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A monumental temple to Mercury was built in the 1st century AD (rebuilt in the 2nd c.) on the summit of a lava dome (Puy-de-Dme) on former Arverni territory. The mountain sanctuary became a major pilgrimage centre"
X Link 2025-12-27T01:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Extent of the territorial hegemony of the Arveni tribe (client tribes are in light green) at the peak of the Arvernian power in the middle of the 2nd century BC The hometown of Vercingetorix https://t.co/Zu6tCBb5C3 The hometown of Vercingetorix https://t.co/Zu6tCBb5C3"
X Link 2025-12-27T20:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Statue of the Arvernian Mercury found in Lezoux (Puy-de-Dme). The bearded god wears a typical Gallic hooded cloak called "cucullus". The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the tribal god of this Gallic people (a so-called Gaulish Mercury) : -Arvernus -Arvernorix (king of the Arverni) -Dumias (the lava dome on which the temple sits) https://t.co/AazsyRG3BS The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the tribal god of this Gallic people (a so-called Gaulish Mercury) :"
X Link 2025-12-28T13:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the late 4th century AD when the Roman empire was becoming christian the poet/ rhetorician Ausonios told about a friend of his who claimed to be descended from the Druids of Bayeux linked with the temple of celtic Belenus. B. Cunliffe Druids: A Very Short Introduction The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called Augustodurum) takes its name from the Celtic tribe of Baiocasses (map:https://t.co/8wVXISS5Zp) https://t.co/aWAMmaiSNn The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called"
X Link 2025-12-28T14:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the Natural History Pliny recounts that the Greek artist Zenodorus made a gigantic statue of the Gaulish Mercury for the Arverni people before working on the Colossus of Nero A monumental temple to Mercury was built in the 1st century AD (rebuilt in the 2nd c.) on the summit of a lava dome (Puy-de-Dme) on former Arverni territory. The mountain sanctuary became a major pilgrimage centre https://t.co/MTnyqNBRcn A monumental temple to Mercury was built in the 1st century AD (rebuilt in the 2nd c.) on the summit of a lava dome (Puy-de-Dme) on former Arverni territory. The mountain sanctuary"
X Link 2025-12-28T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A fortified oppidum sat on the plateau of the Mont Castel (on the left) during the Iron age. It overlooked the port of the Baiocasses tribe which later became the port of the city of Bayeux (now Port-en-Bessin). The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called Augustodurum) takes its name from the Celtic tribe of Baiocasses (map:https://t.co/8wVXISS5Zp) https://t.co/aWAMmaiSNn The city of Bayeux in western Normandy attested ca. [---] AD as "civitas Baiocassium" (previously called Augustodurum) takes its name from the Celtic tribe of"
X Link 2025-12-28T19:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Map of the names of French towns and regions derived from former Gaulish tribes Source: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The Aedui and the Suessiones : beginning of the 1st c. BC -The land of the Carnutes (blue) served as the religious and Druidic center of Gaul https://t.co/0hrCI3sPYZ [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The Aedui and the Suessiones :"
X Link 2025-12-28T19:48Z [----] followers, 58.9K engagements
"@SergiSanz05 It is related to the the Tricasse tribe of Northern Gaul and contains the root "Cass" which is a very common suffix in Gaulish tribesnames possibly related to the Tin"
X Link 2025-12-29T00:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Writing in the 6th century A.D. in his Historia Francorum Gregory of Tours made reference to another temple of the Arverni located in Clermont: A shrine called "Vasso galatae" in the Gaulish tongue The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the tribal god of this Gallic people (a so-called Gaulish Mercury) : -Arvernus -Arvernorix (king of the Arverni) -Dumias (the lava dome on which the temple sits) https://t.co/AazsyRG3BS The god was known by several epithets related to the tribe of the Arverni which meant that he was seen as the"
X Link 2025-12-30T00:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The etymology proposed by Mccone below: 1) "Vasso" (from which the French "Vassal" is derived) is related to Welsh Gwas "young man servant" 2) Gaulish "Galatis "(cognate with "Galatians") has a root *gal related to old Irish gal fury valour steam + the suffix *-ati"
X Link 2025-12-30T01:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Isle of "Vectis" and the neighbouring coastal settlements-mid 1st century BC. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1057241403000876 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1057241403000876"
X Link 2025-12-31T00:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The stone relief of the god Smertrios confronting a snake on the Pillar of Notre Dame de Paris could be a local representation of the Indo European storm god slaying the serpent . A lot of what is known about Gaulish religion comes from a stone pillar found in the 18th century in the basement of Notre-Dame de Paris. Dating from the 1st c. AD the "pillar of the boatmen" features depictions of multiple Gaulish and Roman gods and inscriptions in Gaulish. https://t.co/Gj5FmBdCHl A lot of what is known about Gaulish religion comes from a stone pillar found in the 18th century in the basement of"
X Link 2026-01-01T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This passage from Macrobius's Saturnalia could preserve memories of a war between Tartessos and the Phoenicians drawing from an archaic Phoenician source from Cadiz. The name "Theron" is possibly the Greek rendering of the native name Geron"
X Link 2026-01-01T22:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This limestone statue of the goddess Sequana sculpted in [----] by Eric de Laclos stands near the sources of the Seine River in Burgundy. Sequana was the name of the healing goddess of the river Seine. The center of her cult was a shrine located at the springs of the Seine River in the Burgundy region. Hundreds of wooden votive objects from the Gallo -roman era have been discovered on this site. https://t.co/236WimbRav Sequana was the name of the healing goddess of the river Seine. The center of her cult was a shrine located at the springs of the Seine River in the Burgundy region. Hundreds of"
X Link 2026-01-03T13:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Traces of Q-Celtic are also discernible in the ethnic name "Quariates" a tribe from Southeast Gaul. The tribesname may come from Celtic *kwario- ('cauldron'). In the Iron age the Seine river was called Squana. The name appears to have been an archaic relic of Q-Celtic within an overwhelmingly P-Celtic environment. Note that there was also a tribe called "Sequani" in Eastern Gaul. https://t.co/aW0MfbUemF In the Iron age the Seine river was called Squana. The name appears to have been an archaic relic of Q-Celtic within an overwhelmingly P-Celtic environment. Note that there was also a tribe"
X Link 2026-01-03T17:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Alessandro5393 The "Queyras" moutain range is indeed a name derived from the Quariates Gallic tribe"
X Link 2026-01-03T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@FolkvardGrenske There are ethnonyms derived from weapons like that of the Gestates tribe. Cauldron as an etymology is also found in the name of the Parisii which is the P-Celtic equivalent of Quariates; and could be linked with the mythological Cauldron of rebirth"
X Link 2026-01-03T18:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This coinage is thought to represent Litavicos a 1st century BC Gallic chieftain of the Aedui tribe The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU"
X Link 2026-01-03T22:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A. Huelva Type Swords B. Nantes Type Swords C. Sa Idda Type Swords The Huelva type is the precursor to the Nantes and Sa-Idda sword types Brandherm and Burgess supported the idea of a diffusion as early as the end of the 11th century from Iberia More broadly the Carps Tongue complex designates a late bronze age group of objects found together in hoards including Carps Tongue sword end-winged axes socketed axes. It has a "Huelva" and Type Nantes phase. Below: Distribution map of the Type Nantes Variant Amboise https://t.co/CuepB6DxYB More broadly the Carps Tongue complex designates a late"
X Link 2026-01-04T12:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@sheilacbuk I posted it in the reply"
X Link 2026-01-04T22:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Map of the place names in France that are based on the Celtic roots *medjo middle + *lanon. Some of these places might have been religious centres like Chteaumeillant which some historians believe was a meeting place of Druids. Source: Jacques Lacroix "Les Mediolanon""
X Link 2026-01-06T20:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Map of medieval Norwich with the French Borough or "New Burgh" on the left also called "Franci de Norvic" in the Domesday Book which was established by 1075"
X Link 2026-01-06T22:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gaulish Medjo* is cognate with Midhe (Meath) the name of Ireland's ancient middle kingdom Map of the place names in France that are based on the Celtic roots *medjo middle + *lanon. Some of these places might have been religious centres like Chteaumeillant which some historians believe was a meeting place of Druids. Source: Jacques Lacroix "Les Mediolanon" https://t.co/lmHEbGPIDm Map of the place names in France that are based on the Celtic roots *medjo middle + *lanon. Some of these places might have been religious centres like Chteaumeillant which some historians believe was a meeting place"
X Link 2026-01-07T10:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Goidelic has loan-words related to fishing and sea from a mysterious non Indo-European language. These include partan crab and gliomach 'lobster'"
X Link 2026-01-07T23:51Z [----] followers, 96.5K engagements
"My theory is that the non Indo-European loanwords in Goidelic were borrowed from a donor language spoken in the Northern and Western Isles by communities carrying the I2a1b M423 lineage a subclade of Mesolithic origin that survived in the Orkneys into the bronze age Goidelic has loan-words related to fishing and sea from a mysterious non Indo-European language. These include partan crab and gliomach 'lobster'. https://t.co/GZJGbLEa8e Goidelic has loan-words related to fishing and sea from a mysterious non Indo-European language. These include partan crab and gliomach 'lobster'."
X Link 2026-01-08T00:43Z [----] followers, 32.3K engagements
"The French settled in the south-west corner of Southampton protected by the royal castle. Their quarter was equipped with [--] parish churches: St Michael patron saint of Normandy and St John. The street running parallel to English Street was known as 'French Street'. The medieval French quarter of Southampton can be seen on the lower left corner of this map. The existence of a French-speaking community in Southampton is first recorded in the Domesday Book. https://t.co/4aXczJ03Nr https://t.co/QlD0fUM9nt The medieval French quarter of Southampton can be seen on the lower left corner of this map."
X Link 2026-01-08T03:17Z [----] followers, 60.2K engagements
"@TSHamiltonAstro The shoreline has moved away from the medieval town as land was reclaimed to build new docks but the French street and English street (now High street) still exist"
X Link 2026-01-09T01:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours)"
X Link 2026-01-11T01:09Z [----] followers, 130.5K engagements
"Several "Jupiter columns" showing the god slaying an anguiped giant have been found in the area. Moerover the many hills called "Montjoie" like "Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie" refer to a former "Mons Jovis" (Jove=Jupiter) indicating that Saint-Michel replaced Jupiter Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto"
X Link 2026-01-11T12:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@FortressLugh Indeed and there is also the " Mont-Dol " in Eastern Brittany which was called Lecteren (in reference to Taranis) during the Gallic period then Mont Jovis (mount of Jupiter)== Mont Joie and later "Mont-Dol" because of its proximity to "Dol-de-Bretagne""
X Link 2026-01-11T12:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The statue of the Archangel Michael stands at the top of the spire of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto"
X Link 2026-01-11T15:02Z [----] followers, 108.1K engagements
"The statue of Saint Michel slaying the dragon by sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) is also exhibited at the Muse d'Orsay in Paris The statue of the Archangel Michael stands at the top of the spire of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey https://t.co/rN0G4IHLD6 The statue of the Archangel Michael stands at the top of the spire of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey https://t.co/rN0G4IHLD6"
X Link 2026-01-11T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The so-called Anguiped (snake-legged human figure) could be depicted on this coin of the Unelli tribe (Normandie) beneath the horse (left). This depiction may be the precursor to the imagery of the later Gallo-Roman "Cavalier l'Anguipde" atop the Jupiter Columns (right) Several "Jupiter columns" showing the god slaying an anguiped giant have been found in the area. Moerover the many hills called "Montjoie" like "Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie" refer to a former "Mons Jovis" (Jove=Jupiter) indicating that Saint-Michel replaced Jupiter https://t.co/8gbIuo0H1e Several "Jupiter columns" showing the god"
X Link 2026-01-11T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"These depictions of cranes recall the Celtic deity called 'Tarvos Trigaranos' or "The Bull and the Three Cranes" in Gaulish from the Pillar of Notre Dame de Paris. It is associated with the god Esus who is depicted on an adjacent panel chopping down a tree. Depictions of a crane riding a horse on Gallic coins https://t.co/tRKwuGtLSE Depictions of a crane riding a horse on Gallic coins https://t.co/tRKwuGtLSE"
X Link 2026-01-11T21:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The standard of king Charles VII of France featured Saint-Michel slaying the dragon (15th century). Artist: Serge Franzoa Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto Saint Michael fighting the dragon over the Mont Saint-Michel (15th-century book of hours) https://t.co/FrT5vl0Kto"
X Link 2026-01-11T21:56Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements
"@haldem5663 True the legend of St Germanus Scottus has incredible similarities with the Gallo Roman cult of Jupiter (Taranis) as it has been pointed out by the French scholar Patrice Lajoye"
X Link 2026-01-12T00:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The statue of Saint Michel slaying the dragon by sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet is also exhibited at the Muse d'Orsay in Paris"
X Link 2026-01-12T01:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The following cities of Normandy derive their name from a Gallic tribe: - Bayeux (Baiocassi tribe) - Lisieux (Lexovii tribe) -Evreux (Eburovici tribe) - Avranches (Abrincati tribe) - Dreux (Durocassi tribe) Source: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names The main Celtic tribes in Normandy and their territories (1st century BC) https://t.co/PkX484ieJF https://t.co/YlxYpG973c The main Celtic tribes in Normandy and their territories (1st century BC) https://t.co/PkX484ieJF https://t.co/YlxYpG973c"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:58Z [----] followers, 109.4K engagements
"Mesopotamian diviners inspecting the liver of a sacrificed sheep. The Etruscan divination consisting of taking omens from liver inspection (hepatoscopy) shows remarkably close correspondence to the form of divination developed in Bronze age Anatolia. Left: Hittite liver model (circa [--] [---] BC) Right: Etruscan Liver of Piacenza https://t.co/hZR7o1rj6f The Etruscan divination consisting of taking omens from liver inspection (hepatoscopy) shows remarkably close correspondence to the form of divination developed in Bronze age Anatolia. Left: Hittite liver model (circa [--] [---] BC) Right: Etruscan"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"An old legend tells that the Mont Saint-Michel was originally surrounded by a dense forest called Fort de "Scissy" until a massive tidal wave swept away this forest In [---] AD forming the bay seen today. Mont Saint-Michel France https://t.co/8QGwhHZRf5 Mont Saint-Michel France https://t.co/8QGwhHZRf5"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Alluding to the Gallic sack of Rome from [---] BC the Greek philosopher Heraclides Ponticus (390-310 BC) recounted that "an army proceeding from the Hyberboreans had taken a Greek city called Rome" (as quoted in Plutarch's Life of Camillus) In [---] BC Rome was weary from the strain of a long and grueling siege. The mighty Gauls fierce and determined had surrounded the city and were desperate to claim its heartthe Capitoline Hill. Under the cover of night their warriors began to scale its rocky slope skillfully https://t.co/ivRatosP5i In [---] BC Rome was weary from the strain of a long and"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:56Z [----] followers, 46.1K engagements
"Fragment of a terracotta frieze from the Regia of the Roman forum showing a minotaur dated from the early 6th century BC. It suggest a reception of Greek mythology in Rome as early as the reign of Tarquin the Elder whose father Demaratus was a nobleman from Corinth. The "building F" of Athens agora (left) is a 6th century structure whose purpose is still unclear. It may have served as the palace of the Peisistratids tyrants of Athens. The Tarquins kings built the Regia (right) or "Royal house" of the Roman Forum on the same layout . https://t.co/ihKDrGTJaP The "building F" of Athens agora"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The name Graeci "Greek" comes from the city of Graia the old name of Oropos on the coast of Boeotia. The name was first given by the 8th century BC Romans to the colonists from Graia who helped the Euboeans from Eretria to establish Cumae and was then used for all Greeks"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The "building F" of Athens agora (left) is a 6th century structure whose purpose is still unclear. It may have served as the palace of the Peisistratids tyrants of Athens. The Tarquins kings built the Regia (right) or "Royal house" of the Roman Forum on the same layout "
X Link 2026-02-14T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Middle Bronze age site of Roca Apennine culture. Its fortification walls show the influence of the Aegean. The site was destroyed during a siege circa [--] [---] BC. The locals had a mostly Bronze age Italian profile but some individuals show Minoan admixture as per a [----] study"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh that indicated the location of the new "Lugudunon" meaning "Fortress of Lugh" to it founders"
X Link 2025-06-30T20:17Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements
"The Plantagenets counts of Anjou were descended from the House of Chateaudun. Chateaudun contains the Celtic word "dun" (fortified high place) was a Gaulish oppida in the land of the Carnutes tribe ' whose territory is reckoned as the centre of all Gaul' according to Ceasar"
X Link 2025-08-29T16:59Z [----] followers, 79.8K engagements
"Richard III the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty belonged to the Y-DNA G2a a lineage of neolithic origin which still made up about 8% or the Gaulish population during the La Tene period. The Plantagenets counts of Anjou were descended from the House of Chateaudun. Chateaudun contains the Celtic word "dun" (fortified high place) was a Gaulish oppida in the land of the Carnutes tribe ' whose territory is reckoned as the centre of all Gaul' according to Ceasar https://t.co/YdSm3MqsgJ The Plantagenets counts of Anjou were descended from the House of Chateaudun. Chateaudun contains the Celtic"
X Link 2025-08-29T18:46Z [----] followers, 77.7K engagements
"Origins of the first Crusaders (University of Sheffield)"
X Link 2025-09-06T14:40Z [----] followers, 91.2K engagements
"In the 12th century Richard Lionheart referred to 'the Gauls' as if they were still around"
X Link 2025-09-07T14:02Z [----] followers, 23.5K engagements
"The Anglo Saxon chronicle mentions the post-1066 immigration: "Many Frenchmen also left their lands and went over sea and the king gave their estates to those who had held fast to him." Map of surnames related to ethnic/regional origin ( ex 'angevinus ') after [----] This shows that the north western french knights who fought under Alan Fergant at Hastings where rewarded lands along the east coast of England with the largest concentration in Suffolk. (Lestremau) https://t.co/qFWn2cRIbc Map of surnames related to ethnic/regional origin ( ex 'angevinus ') after [----] This shows that the north"
X Link 2025-09-11T22:37Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements
"The fortified site at Burghead (6th Century AD) Scotland's largest Pictish fort situated on the coast of Moray"
X Link 2025-09-12T22:56Z [----] followers, 19.6K engagements
"The Gaulish aristocrats had a habit of sitting cross-legged in a position similar to the Padmasana posture from the Buddhist and Hindu tradition. Below: statue from the site of Roquepertuse"
X Link 2025-09-16T01:11Z [----] followers, 133.6K engagements
"The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. The Gaulish aristocrats had a habit of sitting cross-legged in a position similar to the Padmasana posture from the Buddhist and Hindu tradition. Below: statue from the site of Roquepertuse https://t.co/ynmuYDVoQC The Gaulish aristocrats had a habit of sitting cross-legged in a position similar to the Padmasana posture from the Buddhist and Hindu tradition. Below: statue from the site of Roquepertuse https://t.co/ynmuYDVoQC"
X Link 2025-09-16T01:19Z [----] followers, 140.2K engagements
"We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G"
X Link 2025-09-16T01:32Z [----] followers, 36.8K engagements
"In Gallo-roman art the Lotus position is associated with the Horned god Cernunnos who is depicted sitting in a cross-legged posture in stone-reliefs from Reims and Venduvres We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6 We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6"
X Link 2025-09-16T01:39Z [----] followers, 53K engagements
""When they dine they all sit not upon chairs but upon the ground using for cushions the skins of wolves or of dogs" Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6 We also know from Diodorus Siculus that the Gauls used to sit on the ground during banquets https://t.co/75P1Oy6Nm6"
X Link 2025-09-16T02:24Z [----] followers, 18.4K engagements
"The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G The Gaulish pratice of sitting in a "lotus position" can also be seen at the Oppidum of Entremont. https://t.co/tFYUZBDF6G"
X Link 2025-09-17T01:24Z [----] followers, 98.5K engagements
""They nail up the heads on their houses just as certain hunters do when they have killed wild beasts. They embalm in cedar oil the heads of their most distinguished enemies and keep them carefully in a chest: they display them with pride to strangers" Diodorus Siculus"
X Link 2025-09-17T01:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The "God of Amiens" a Gallo-Roman statuette (1st century CE) thought to represent a Gaulish god with one animal ear"
X Link 2025-09-17T11:35Z [----] followers, 13.4K engagements
"The remnants of the stone pillars on display at the archeological museum in Marseille https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd"
X Link 2025-09-18T02:47Z [----] followers, 50.2K engagements
""The cardinal doctrine which they seek to teach is that souls do not die but after death pass from one to another; and this belief as the fear of death is thereby cast aside they hold to be the greatest incentive to valour." Caesar the Gallic war https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd https://t.co/zWyapjVHcd"
X Link 2025-09-18T17:11Z [----] followers, 19.7K engagements
""As a rule among the Gallic peoples three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards the Vates and the Druids" Strabo Geography"
X Link 2025-09-19T00:28Z [----] followers, 23.9K engagements
"Scholar Ludwig Rbekeil has suggested that the genesis of the cult of Odin took place in the Celtic-Germanic contact zone and that the name *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celts in the adjective form *vatinos based on Celtic "vates" = a seer. "As a rule among the Gallic peoples three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards the Vates and the Druids" Strabo Geography https://t.co/nMxWI9YFyL "As a rule among the Gallic peoples three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards the Vates and the Druids" Strabo Geography https://t.co/nMxWI9YFyL"
X Link 2025-09-20T00:56Z [----] followers, 17.5K engagements
"The French city of Lyon from Gaulish "Lugudunon" can mean either "Fortress of the god Lugh" or "Raven's Mount" with "Lugos" meaning black bird/ Raven. This etymology explains why in the foundation myth of Lyon a flock of ravens indicate the location of the city. Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh that indicated the location of the new "Lugudunon" meaning "Fortress of Lugh" to it founders https://t.co/meQHyEupiL Since ancient times the city of Lyon is associated with ravens as it was a flock of crows messengers of Lugh"
X Link 2025-09-20T01:25Z [----] followers, 22.5K engagements
"The raven was sacred for the Gauls and was also called "Branos" in Gaulish from which is derived the proper name "Brennos". The Gallic chietain who besieged Rome in [---] BC and the Galatian commander who lead the sack of Delphi in [---] BC both bore this name. The French city of Lyon from Gaulish "Lugudunon" can mean either "Fortress of the god Lugh" or "Raven's Mount" with "Lugos" meaning black bird/ Raven. This etymology explains why in the foundation myth of Lyon a flock of ravens indicate the location of the city. https://t.co/QWg4oeNUi5 The French city of Lyon from Gaulish "Lugudunon" can"
X Link 2025-09-20T01:41Z [----] followers, 20K engagements
"The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens fluttering about and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (.) named the city Lugdunon" Strabo also tells us about a Gaulish oracle associated with [--] crows https://t.co/fWRUjQjAdp Strabo also tells us about a Gaulish oracle associated with [--] crows https://t.co/fWRUjQjAdp"
X Link 2025-09-20T01:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads us to the mysterious Gallo-Roman bird god with [--] birds sitting upon his shoulders. The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens fluttering about and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (.) named the city Lugdunon" https://t.co/FW9Tpl1KSt The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh"
X Link 2025-09-20T02:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts. So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads us to the mysterious Gallo-Roman bird god with [--] birds sitting upon his shoulders. https://t.co/R4nYu9GDYy So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads"
X Link 2025-09-20T02:20Z [----] followers, 24K engagements
"The Proto-Germanic word for Iron *sarna is thought to be a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *sarnom. So if celtic blacksmiths travelled to the Germanic-Celtic contact zone Celtic seer ("Vates") could have brought raven divination to the Germanic tribes through the Volcae maybe if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts. https://t.co/rlTXmlbzT1 if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the"
X Link 2025-09-20T03:22Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements
"A mysterious Gallo-Roman god is always depicted with two birds sitting upon his shoulders similar to Odin's messengers Huginn and Muninn's if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts. https://t.co/rlTXmlbzT1 if *Woanaz was borrowed from the Celtic "vates" (= a seer) via the form *vatinos then the story of Huginn and Muninn's Odin's messengers could also be linked with the Ravens divination performed by the Celts."
X Link 2025-09-20T16:02Z [----] followers, 25.6K engagements
"Stone relief of a God surrounded by two birds found in Moux-Corgoloin in Burgundy Roman Gaul A mysterious Gallo-Roman god is always depicted with two birds sitting upon his shoulders similar to Odin's messengers Huginn and Muninn's https://t.co/upjB2Hf6qR A mysterious Gallo-Roman god is always depicted with two birds sitting upon his shoulders similar to Odin's messengers Huginn and Muninn's https://t.co/upjB2Hf6qR"
X Link 2025-09-20T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Some words from the Goidelic substrate share roots with Basque and Gaulish: -Md. Irish Ainder =young woman Gaulish anderon Basque andere ='lady woman' -O. Irish e 'salmon' Md. Welsh 'ehawc ' Gaulish *esoks Basque izokin - Old Irish adarc "horn" Basque adar 'horn' Before Indo-European languages like Latin Greek Celtic or Germanic spread across the continent Europe was home to a remarkable variety of older tongues most of which have since disappeared. https://t.co/676TqJr9KI Before Indo-European languages like Latin Greek Celtic or Germanic spread across the continent Europe was home to a"
X Link 2025-09-21T13:01Z [----] followers, 13.7K engagements
"Artifacts from the Gallo-Roman period display the raven as an emblem of Lugdunum like on this silver cup found in Lyon (1st century CE). The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens fluttering about and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (.) named the city Lugdunon" https://t.co/FW9Tpl1KSt The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens avatars of the god Lugh settled there: "suddenly while the foundations were being dug there appeared ravens"
X Link 2025-09-21T17:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (prof K. Gruel)"
X Link 2025-09-23T03:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Map of Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (from Katherine Gruel) Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/z0jt2LvzMK Gaulish coins depicting a wolf (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/z0jt2LvzMK"
X Link 2025-09-23T03:42Z [----] followers, 20.1K engagements
"Map of Gaulish coins depicting a horse with human head Gaulish coins depicting a horse with a human head (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/tPJR30Rs15 Gaulish coins depicting a horse with a human head (prof K. Gruel) https://t.co/tPJR30Rs15"
X Link 2025-09-23T03:46Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements
"Human headed-horse on a Gaulish coin Map of Gaulish coins depicting a horse with human head https://t.co/JNxF55Leql Map of Gaulish coins depicting a horse with human head https://t.co/JNxF55Leql"
X Link 2025-09-23T03:50Z [----] followers, 17.1K engagements
"Gaulish dragon heads The 'Dragons dome' of Roissy is a 3rd century BC bronze artwork from the Parisii tribe discovered in [----] near the Paris international airport . The object features regular pentagons which suggests that the Gauls applied complex geometric principles in their artwork. https://t.co/DZNNSGqGjF The 'Dragons dome' of Roissy is a 3rd century BC bronze artwork from the Parisii tribe discovered in [----] near the Paris international airport . The object features regular pentagons which suggests that the Gauls applied complex geometric principles in their artwork."
X Link 2025-09-23T13:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Distribution of Gaulish coins depicting a horse and triskels mostly in the area of Bordeaux (Santone tribe)"
X Link 2025-09-23T21:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The chief city of the Gaulish Arverni tribe led by Vercingetorix was called Nemossos. (reconstruction below) Nemossos comes from the Gaulish 'Nemeton' ('sacred grove' 'sanctuary') that is a cognate with Gaelic 'Neimheadh' (sanctuary holy thing)"
X Link 2025-09-23T21:59Z [----] followers, 10.7K engagements
"The sanctuary of the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (present-day Corent) The chief city of the Gaulish Arverni tribe led by Vercingetorix was called Nemossos. (reconstruction below) Nemossos comes from the Gaulish 'Nemeton' ('sacred grove' 'sanctuary') that is a cognate with Gaelic 'Neimheadh' (sanctuary holy thing). https://t.co/RBXWngo44I The chief city of the Gaulish Arverni tribe led by Vercingetorix was called Nemossos. (reconstruction below) Nemossos comes from the Gaulish 'Nemeton' ('sacred grove' 'sanctuary') that is a cognate with Gaelic 'Neimheadh' (sanctuary holy thing)."
X Link 2025-09-24T00:06Z [----] followers, 74.3K engagements
"The hometown of Vercingetorix The sanctuary of the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (present-day Corent) https://t.co/klf3pSu6L7 The sanctuary of the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (present-day Corent) https://t.co/klf3pSu6L7"
X Link 2025-09-24T00:09Z [----] followers, 77.1K engagements
"This coin of the Leuci tribe (northeast France) shows the god Lug being struck by a spear then transforming into a bird and flying away. Gaulish coin of the Ambiani tribe depicting the god Lug https://t.co/ETdOQRgLZL Gaulish coin of the Ambiani tribe depicting the god Lug https://t.co/ETdOQRgLZL"
X Link 2025-09-26T19:56Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements
"The [--] [---] years old Gaulish calendar from Coligny France is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It registers a five-year cycle of 62lunar months divided into a "bright" and a "dark" fortnight (or half a moon cycle) each"
X Link 2025-09-26T20:55Z [----] followers, 21.8K engagements
"The Gaulish Months with their meaning and their modern equivalents: https://oraclehekataios.com/tag/samonios/ The [--] [---] years old Gaulish calendar from Coligny France is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It registers a five-year cycle of 62lunar months divided into a "bright" and a "dark" fortnight (or half a moon cycle) each. https://t.co/PPgJdvfmqa https://oraclehekataios.com/tag/samonios/ The [--] [---] years old Gaulish calendar from Coligny France is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It registers a five-year cycle of 62lunar months divided into a "bright""
X Link 2025-09-26T21:04Z [----] followers, 19K engagements
"The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE)"
X Link 2025-09-27T12:20Z [----] followers, 39.5K engagements
"Dumnorix is one the three theophoric names or "kings of the world" which rule over the [--] areas of the Universe in the Gaulish cosmology: 1) deep and dark underground Dumnorix (2) the world of the living Biturix (3) the heavens above Albiorix See Xavier Delamarre: The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver"
X Link 2025-09-27T13:49Z [----] followers, 22.3K engagements
"Vercingetorix appears to have been a title rather than a personal name. In Gaulish Werkingetorx means super-warrior-king king of super-warriors) from Gaulish *wer- (over) + *kingess (warrior) + *rx (king). Dumnorix is one the three theophoric names or "kings of the world" which rule over the [--] areas of the Universe in the Gaulish cosmology: 1) deep and dark underground Dumnorix (2) the world of the living Biturix (3) the heavens above Albiorix See Xavier Delamarre: https://t.co/rUob4wiYXW Dumnorix is one the three theophoric names or "kings of the world" which rule over the [--] areas of the"
X Link 2025-09-27T14:16Z [----] followers, 21.3K engagements
"The iconography of the coin is reminiscent of the stone sculptures from the oppidum of Entremont providing evidence for the Celtic head hunting and head cult pratice The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU"
X Link 2025-09-27T18:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The brother of Dumnorix was a Druid called Diviciacus of the Aedui tribe. He is the only Druid from antiquity whose existence is attested by name. The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU The Gallic chieftain Dumnorix literally "king of the world" in Gaulish of the Aedui tribe is depicted holding a severed head on a silver coin (first half 1st century BCE) https://t.co/hcM28Qa5aU"
X Link 2025-09-27T19:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""At a xed time of the year the Druids hold session at a consecrated spot in the territory of the Carnutes which is considered to be the centre of all Gaul." Caesar the Gallic War"
X Link 2025-09-28T11:54Z [----] followers, 24.8K engagements
"The territory of the Carnutes tribe was reckoned to be the centre of Gaul. Accordingly the pan-Gallic assembly of the Druids took place there every year in a consecrated spot. "At a xed time of the year the Druids hold session at a consecrated spot in the territory of the Carnutes which is considered to be the centre of all Gaul." Caesar the Gallic War https://t.co/xvuM14Z5Pn "At a xed time of the year the Druids hold session at a consecrated spot in the territory of the Carnutes which is considered to be the centre of all Gaul." Caesar the Gallic War https://t.co/xvuM14Z5Pn"
X Link 2025-09-28T13:26Z [----] followers, 146.9K engagements
"Caesar noted that the Gauls believed they were descended from a god of the underworld whom he identified with roman Dis Pater "The Gauls affirm that they are all descended from a common father Dis Pater and say that this is the tradition of the Druids" The Gallic war Caesar"
X Link 2025-09-30T00:33Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements
"Diodorus Siculus relates that the Gauls had the habit of talking to each other in riddles"
X Link 2025-10-02T00:03Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements
"Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges. [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The Aedui and the Suessiones : beginning of the 1st c. BC -The land of the Carnutes (blue) served as the religious and Druidic center of Gaul https://t.co/0hrCI3sPYZ [--] different tribes (red) are known to have exerted hegemony over Gaul: -The Bituriges: 6th c. BC -The Arverni: 3rd and 2nd c. BC -The"
X Link 2025-10-04T00:52Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements
"The name Biturges derives from the stem bitu- ('world') attached to riges ('kings') and means "kings of the world" (of the livings) in Gaulish. Their name would therefore reflect the fact that they held the kingship of Gaul. Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges. https://t.co/Yu1BTzUg6U Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges."
X Link 2025-10-04T03:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle: -Segovesus headed towards the Hercynian Forest(Central Europe) - Bellovesus led an invasion of northern Italy Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic race" belonged to the Bituriges. https://t.co/Yu1BTzUg6U Livy relates that during the archaic period the Bituriges tribe exerted a supremacy over Gaul and that the kingship of "the whole Celtic"
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"The Gallic king Ambigatus bore a name which means he who fights in both directions composed of ambi- (around both sides) and catu- (battle fight) Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle: -Segovesus headed towards the Hercynian Forest(Central Europe) - Bellovesus led an invasion of northern Italy https://t.co/qcs0A00dFK Livyrecounts that the Bituriges kingAmbigatus who ruled over of Gaul was faced withoverpopulation. So hesent his [--] nephewsin search of new lands tosettle:"
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"The journey of the Volcae tribe from southern Gaul to Anatolia is indeed similar to the route of the First Crusade. @Michssspp82096 Volcae as early Knights Templar equivalents https://t.co/3jjGMrPtO9 @Michssspp82096 Volcae as early Knights Templar equivalents https://t.co/3jjGMrPtO9"
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"The Hercynian Forest is an ancient dense forest cited by classical authors that once stretched from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains. It was the northern edge of the known world for a long time. (map: yt chanel the Histories)"
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"The name of the Hercynian Forest came from Proto-Celtic erkunyos later Gaulish *Erkunyo derived from the indo-european radical *perku- meaning 'oak'. The Hercynian Forest is an ancient dense forest cited by classical authors that once stretched from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains. It was the northern edge of the known world for a long time. (map: yt chanel the Histories) https://t.co/8jppFwk6Du The Hercynian Forest is an ancient dense forest cited by classical authors that once stretched from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains. It was the northern edge of the known world for a long"
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"Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete"
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"This form of divination might have influenced the Oracle of Dodona in ancient Epirus where Zeus was said to speak to the worshippers through the rustling of leaves of a sacred oak tree. Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP"
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"The Minoans had tree-altars. Gold seal "ring of Minos" (circa [----] [----] BCE) Heraklion museum Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP Numerous Minoan gold rings depict individuals shaking trees. This could represent the main form of divination in Bronze age Crete. https://t.co/RifrpJasdP"
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