This map shows the various Celtic and Germanic tribes around circa 52 BCE.
The ancient history of Poland is more connected with Goths and other local tribes than with the Celts. However, during many excavations archaeologists have discovered links between the modern territory of Poland and old Celtic tribes.
The Celts is a group of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia distinguished by their use of the Celtic languages. The precise geographic spread of the ancient Celts is debated. The earliest undisputed direct representatives of a Celtic language are the Lepontic inscriptions beginning in the 6th century BC.
Most of the nations in modern-day Central, Western, and Northern Europe can be described as either Nordic, Germanic, or Celtic. But it's definitely no
The Cornish identity rests on three foundations. First, there’s a package of behaviours, attitudes and attributes associated with being ‘Cornish’. For example these might include a fondness for som…
Europe comprises most of the world known to the Celts. It is the central continent in the Celtic Rules world’s economy and politics. The first civilization to rise in Europe was Ancient Greece, which to a large extent set basis to later European culture. The Roman Empire once dominated the southernmost parts of Europe, and the Germanic and Slavonic tribes dwelt in northern and eastern Europe. The Germanic Viking civilization flourished in Scandinavia. Western and mainland Europe, on the other ha
Scientists at Oxford University have found that modern Britain can be divided into 17 distinct genetic 'clans' (pictured) with the Welsh having the most DNA from the original settlers of the British Isles.
The ancient Celts were various tribal groups living in parts of western and central Europe in the Late Bronze Age and through the Iron Age (c. 700 BCE to c. 400 CE). Given the name Celts by ancient...
The origin of the Belgae tribes of northern Gaul were a mystery to Julius Caesar in 50's BC and they remain a mystery today.
Analysis over 20 years reveals heavy Anglo-Saxon influence, with French and Danish DNA coming from earlier migrations than the Normans or Vikings
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The Celts would not have called themselves Celts. That is an outside term from the Greek “Keltoi” or Latin “Celtae.” The Celts may have referred to themselves as Brythons or Britons (They were not called English until after the rise of the Anglo Saxons later on in history). The term “Pict” meant “the painted people”...
How are the English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish inter-related through the Celts?
This map shows the various Celtic and Germanic tribes around circa 52 BCE.
Distribution maps of Y-chromosomal haplogroups in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Romans ruled over Great Britain for more than 350 years, but there are very few traces of ancient Roman legacy left in England. Ancient Roman ruins are scattered all over other countries which were…
