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Waterloo Helmet

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The Waterloo Helmet (also known as the Waterloo Bridge Helmet) is a pre-Roman Celtic bronze ceremonial horned helmet with repoussé decoration in the La Tène style, dating to circa 150–50 BC, that was found in 1868 in the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge in London, England. [1]

14 relations: Battersea Shield, British Museum, Canterbury helmet, Celtic art, Celtic polytheism, Celts, Gundestrup cauldron, Horned helmet, La Tène culture, Meyrick Helmet, Veksø helmets, Wandsworth Shield, Waterloo Bridge (disambiguation), Witham Shield.

Battersea Shield

The Battersea Shield is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic art found in Britain.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Canterbury helmet

The Canterbury Helmet is an Iron Age helmet found in a field near Canterbury, Kent, England, in December 2012.

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Celtic art

Celtic art is associated with the peoples known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period, as well as the art of ancient peoples whose language is uncertain, but have cultural and stylistic similarities with speakers of Celtic languages.

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Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, commonly known as Celtic paganism, comprises the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age people of Western Europe now known as the Celts, roughly between 500 BCE and 500 CE, spanning the La Tène period and the Roman era, and in the case of the Insular Celts the British and Irish Iron Age.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation of ''Celt'' for different usages) were an Indo-European people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities, although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.

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Gundestrup cauldron

The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from between 200 BC and 300 AD,Nielsen, S; Andersen, J; Baker, J; Christensen, C; Glastrup, J; et al.

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Horned helmet

Horned helmets were worn by many people around the world, but, contrary to the modern myth, not the Vikings.

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La Tène culture

The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, where thousands of objects had been deposited in the lake, as was discovered after the water level dropped in 1857.

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Meyrick Helmet

The Meyrick Helmet is an Iron Age bronze peaked helmet, with La Tène style decoration, that is held at the British Museum in London.

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Veksø helmets

The Veksø helmets (or Viksø helmets) are a pair of bronze age ceremonial horned helmets found near Veksø in Zealand, Denmark.

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Wandsworth Shield

The Wandsworth Shield is a circular bronze Iron Age shield boss or mount decorated in La Tène style that was found in the River Thames at Wandsworth in London sometime before 1849.

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Waterloo Bridge (disambiguation)

Waterloo Bridge may refer to: Bridges.

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Witham Shield

The Witham Shield is an Iron Age decorative bronze shield facing of La Tène style, dating from about the 4th century BC.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Helmet

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