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the 2400 year old "Battersea" Celtic shield currently in the British Museum

submitted by oppressed to WhiteCulture 1 dayJun 12, 2025 07:09:39 ago (+29/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

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the 2400 year old "Battersea" Celtic shield currently in the British Museum. It is a perfect example of Traditional Celtic designs with multiple interlocking spirals, three major sections, each intricately crafted within. It has 27 raised bronze compartments coated with red 'Cloisonne' enamel. The wood and bronze composition is too thin to have been used in combat and is believed to have been a votive offering. The spear is known as a "Celtic La Tenne" design of which 100s of various designs have been unearthed.


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[ - ] DukeofRaul 3 points 1 dayJun 12, 2025 07:14:01 ago (+3/-0)

They were metalworkers before egypt

[ - ] PostWallHelena 2 points 23 hoursJun 12, 2025 08:38:27 ago (+3/-1)

No. The celtic culture didnt exist until maybe 1200 BC. La Tene is dated to 400 BC. Britain did not have copper smelting until around 2400 BC which is about a thousand years after Egypt. The earliest copper smelting is probably from romania which is pre-indoeuropean early european farmer (specifically vinca) at 5000BC.

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler 0 points 12 hoursJun 12, 2025 20:04:33 ago (+0/-0)

Guess they may have technically traded tin with Egypt via the Phoenicians

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 12 hoursJun 12, 2025 20:15:30 ago (+0/-0)

Who would have traded tin via the phoenicians? British celts had tin and copper in cornwall.

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler 0 points 11 hoursJun 12, 2025 20:36:27 ago (+0/-0)

Yes?

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 11 hoursJun 12, 2025 20:38:19 ago (+0/-0)

So who were you talking about?

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler 0 points 11 hoursJun 12, 2025 21:16:16 ago (+0/-0)

Well that tin could have made it to Egypt through trade. It's a long shot

[ - ] NoRefunds 1 point 22 hoursJun 12, 2025 09:52:25 ago (+1/-0)

so you're saying niggers in Ireland made that, got it.

[ - ] Sal_180 0 points 22 hoursJun 12, 2025 09:56:02 ago (+0/-0)

No, celts.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 21 hoursJun 12, 2025 11:24:16 ago (+0/-0)

Celts in Britain. Britain was celtic. The word Britain is celtic.