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IN THIS ISSUE:
ANCIENT CELTIC FIGHTING, FEASTING AND FUNERARY PRACTICES (
CA.
1200 BC – AD 61)
ANCIENT
HISTORY
NO.
33
MAY / JUN 2021
ANCIENT HISTORY
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CELTS
HISTORY, CULTURE, AND LEGACY
FIGHTING IT OUT
Warfare in Celtic society,
and its impact on other
ancient civilizations.
WORLD OF THE
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FANCY FEASTS
The eating, drinking, and
hospitality traditions of the
ancient Celts.
PRAISE ISIS
How the cult of an Egyptian
goddess took off and flour-
ished in ancient Rome.
MIXED SIGNALS
A look at the diverse signals
and signs associated with
gladiatorial combat.
Editor-in-chief:
Jasper Oorthuys
Editor:
Sandra Alvarez
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Lauren van Zoonen
Proofreading:
Naomi Munts
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Christianne C. Beall
Design © 2017 Karwansaray Publishers
Contributors:
Rebecca Batley, Wim van Broekhoven,
Murray Dahm, Svenja Fabian, Manon Henzen, Rai-
mond Karl, Daniel Kershaw, Arienne King, Jeffrey
King, Lindsay Powell, Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof,
James Blake Wiener
Illustrators:
Rocío Espin, Zvonimir Grbasic, Marek
Szyszko
Special thanks:
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Gary Todd (worldhistorypics.weebly.com), and Jona
Lendering (livius.org) for their photographs
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WORLD OF THE CELTS
While we tend to view the Celts as monolithic, they were in fact a collection of
geographically and chronologically diverse peoples with certain shared cultural
traits. In this issue, we try to understand these common threads.
14 Who were the Celts?
Reconstructing ancient societies
34 A slave exchanged for a drink
Alcohol & feasting in Celtic culture
20 Fragmenting the chieftain
Iron Age elites in the Low Countries
38 Boudicca
Warrior queen and feminist icon
26 The Celts at war
SPECIAL FEATURES
8
From Cyprus to Sweden
Treasures of the Medelhavsmuseet
44 Rome and the Cult of Isis
From popularity to decline
12 Learning from numismatics
Archaeology and Roman coins
48 Pollice verso
Hand signs in the arena
42 The Temple of Mars Ultor
Beautiful architecture in Rome
DEPARTMENTS
4
Preliminaries
What's new in ancient history
56 Book reviews
New books on ancient history
54 Ancient cooking
Say cheese!
58 Further reading
More books on the Celtic world
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ON THE COVER
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were the
ade up of
a diverse group of tribes and peoples. Nonetheless,
warrior culture does seem to have been at the cen-
tre of most Celtic societies. Found in a French cave,
this elaborate piece of headgear known as the Agris
Helmet dates from 350 BC. It was most likely not
worn in battle, but instead had a ritual function.
© Lamiot / Wikimedia Commons
GREAT GRAVES
What studying the archaeology of elite Celtic
burials can tell us about their society.
DIGGING CYPRUS
The treasures revealed by a Swedish
archaeological expedition in the late 1920's.
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ANCIENT
HISTORY
PRELIMINARIES
BY LINDSAY POWELL
EDITORIAL -
THE MYSTERY OF THE CELTS…
There is perhaps no term that has caused
more confusion, stereotyping, or myth-
making than the word ‘Celtic’. What or
who falls under the mysterious umbrella of
‘Celt’? Is this the name of a unified group
of people or disparate tribes with shared
cultural markers and traditions? This issue
sets out to debunk some of the myths and
pull back the veil of mystery that surrounds
this fraught term. We look at the begin-
nings of Celts in the historical record by
examining Hallstatt culture and learning
from Bronze and Iron Age burial practices.
What did Celtic peoples eat and drink? We
find out in an article on Celtic feasting. Did
the Celts
really
fight naked? Find out the
truth in “The Celts at War”. Of course, no
issue on Celtic history would be complete
without touching on the warrior queen,
Boudicca. We look at the reasons behind
her uprising against the Romans in AD 61
and her controversial legacy as a figure of
British nationalism, and conversely also
as a symbol of early suffragette feminism.
Outside of our theme, we have a new ar-
chaeology column: “Scraping the Surface”,
where we talk to a featured archaeologist
about their current or past favourite digs.
We look at the rise and fall of the cult of
Isis, perhaps the most popular foreign reli-
gious following in the Late Roman Empire.
We visit Sweden and learn how it came to
possess its incredible collection of Cypriot
antiquities, and last but not least, we make
Roman cheese sandwiches!
Sandra Alvarez
Editor
Anci t Hi t
The ‘processional cart’ of Civita Giuliana
A rescue dig at Civita Giuliana near Pompeii
has produced the remarkable and unique
find of an elaborately decorated cart. It is
a high-end type of vehicle previously only
known from stelae.
Though press headlines describe the find
as a ‘chariot’, images released by Pompeii
Sites show the vehicle to be a four-wheeled
cart called a
pilentum.
It resembled a piano-
box or square-box buggy of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries.
The bronze tires of the wheels survive,
along with the hubs, but the wooden fel-
loes and spokes have since rotted away.
Using plaster of Paris, archaeologists were
able to preserve impressions of the shaft,
platform, and ropes that would have been
part of the steering mechanism. The pre-
Massive Egyptian brewery built for royal rituals
Dating to ca. 1975 BC, these
figurines are from an Egyp-
tian tomb model of both a
bakery and a brewery.
© The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Archaeologists digging in Egypt have un-
covered what they believe to be the oldest
high-production brewery in the world. Dr
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According to Dr Matthew Adams of
New York University, studies have suggested
that the brewery was capable of producing
about 22,400 litres of beer at a time. It may
have been built at this location specifically
to supply the royal rituals that took place
inside the funeral facilities of the kings of
Egypt. Evidence for the use of beer in sacri-
ficial rites was found during excavations in
these facilities.
Taste tests of Egyptian beer, brewed
according to a 5000-year-old recipe in the
British Museum, have been conducted by
food historian Tasha Marks and AlphaBeta’s
head brewer Michaela Charles. In 2018,
they found Egyptian beer to have an aroma
“a bit like a sourdough starter” but it was
“surprisingly good.”
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