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Ploughing Scattered This 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Silver Hoard Across a German Sports Field
Eleven small silver coins discovered beneath a former sports field in central Germany have been identified as the largest Celtic hoard of its kind ever recorded in Thuringia. Although centuries of farming had pulled the coins away from their original hiding place, archaeologists were able to show that they once formed a single deposit. The…
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Rare 2,500-Year-Old Longhouse Discovered in Poland’s Mazovia Region
Archaeologists have discovered a rare 2,500-year-old longhouse at Łysa Góra in Poland, revealing how an Iron Age community organized its domestic space. The building represents an exceptional example of this architectural tradition in Mazovia and northeastern Poland. The discovery emerged during the 2026 excavation season near Chorzele in northern Mazovia. Researchers from the State Archaeological…
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Tiny 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Bronze Duck Found Near the Amber Road in Moravia
A miniature Celtic bronze duck more than 2,000 years old has been discovered near the village of Tučín in Moravia, in the eastern Czech Republic. The intact figurine measures only 23 millimetres in length and weighs around 10 grams. It was found by amateur archaeologist Miroslav Komínek, who works with the Comenius Museum in Přerov.…
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2,400-Year-Old Child Buried with a Sword in a Gaulish Silo in France
A 2,400-year-old child burial with a sword was uncovered inside an abandoned grain silo at the Gaulish settlement of Pithiviers “Bois Médor” in central France. The child, who died before the age of 15, had been placed curled against the wall of the underground pit. An iron sword in its scabbard lay near the legs,…
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Seated Gaul Burials Discovered in Dijon Raise New Questions About Celtic Rituals
A skeleton sitting upright, hands resting calmly in its lap, was discovered beside a primary school in Dijon, eastern France—facing west after more than two millennia underground, in a case that is shedding new light on the burial practices of the ancient Gauls. The discovery, made near a playground in Dijon, is not an isolated…
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Polish archaeologists discover rare Celtic trepanation tool and iron casting evidence at Łysa Góra
A team of Polish archaeologists has uncovered a rare surgical tool used for skull trepanation and traces of iron casting at the “Łysa Góra” site in Mazovia — offering new insight into the presence of Celtic communities in ancient Poland. Archaeologists from the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw and the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of…