However, the shorter, decorated sword likely wasn’t functional. Instead, it may have been worn as a symbol of power, perhaps by a commanding warrior. In the fourth century B.C.E., Celtic tribes ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Celtic burial ground and retrieved various artifacts―including a sword that was forged ...

He added that the shorter sword is "more or less contemporary with the Celtic incursions in northern Italy and the sacking of Rome in 387 BCE," when the Gauls beat the Roman army at the Battle of ...

The swastika decorations found on one sword originate from Celtic tradition. While it is most heavily associated in the Western world today with the horrific events of World War II, the swastika ...

The site is dominated by the grave of what appears to be a Celtic warrior. He was buried with his iron spear, belt and sword stored in a leather scabbard, which indicates that the individual was a ...

Around 2,500 years ago, an elite Celtic warrior was gravely injured by an arrowhead, but his wound partly healed thanks to meticulous medical treatment, a new study reports. "Healing took at least ...

The sword was found at a strange second Iron Age burial site, lacking any skeletons due to the acidity of the soil. However, researchers uncovered several metal artefacts at the site, including ...