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Magical Superfine Textiles discovered at ‘Must Farm’ Dig

Latest Episode! Cloth and Beads found at Must Farm & Representation of Iron age Clothing Excavations at Must Farm, 50 kilometres north-west of Cambridge England, have unearthed the earliest...

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Reigniting the Divine Feminine through Celtic Stories and Traditions

Latest Episode! The Ancient Practice of Marrying the Land Earth Goddess The native pre-Christian mythology of the Celtic nations which stretch along the Western Atlantic seaboard of Europe is highly...

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The Mysteries of the Chinese Celtic Xinjiang Mummies

Latest Episode! Cherchen Man, Solid as a warrior of the Caledonii tribe, the man’s hair is reddish brown flecked with grey, framing high cheekbones, a long nose, full lips and a ginger beard. When he...

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Cartimandua, 1st century Celtic Queen of the Brigantes.

Latest Episode! Cartimandua Cartimandua ruled in her own right rather than through marriage. She did eventually marry, but later divorced her husband and ruled alone. Her name has been translated to...

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Andraste – The Patron Warrior Goddess of Boudicca and the Iceni tribe

Latest Episode! Andraste Andraste – The Warrior Goddess Andraste is a warrior goddess, the goddess of victory, of ravens and of battles, similar in many ways to the Irish war goddess Morrigan. Her...

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Welsh Goddesses in the Landscape of Wales

Latest Episode! Caer Arianrhod, Caernarvonshire We are very proud to have permission to bring you this article by Cherryl Straffon from Goddess Alive about the ladies from the Mabinogion and their...

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Iron Age Man loved a nice bit of Swiss Cheese

Latest Episode! Dominique Yersin produces Etivaz cheese on the Le Grin alpine pasture at Chateau d’Oex in western Switzerland Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that production of Swiss Cheese...

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From Cauldron to Grail in Celtic Mythology

Cerridwen and the Cauldron of Inspiraton The transformation from Cauldron to Grail is a theme that occurs throughout Celtic Mythology – from the Cauldrons of the Dagda and Cerridwen to the Holy Grail...

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Women of the Celts: the Welsh Goddess Arianrhod – Bad Mother or Mythic Goddess?

Welsh Goddess Arianrhod We’re very proud to bring you an article by Claire Hamilton about the famous Welsh Goddess. She says: Arianrhod was a Welsh Goddess who lived on an island off the west coast of...

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Bear Bone Shows Humans Populated Ireland 2500 Years Earlier Than Realised

Dr Mairon Dowd inspects the cave A remarkable archaeological discovery in a Co. Clare cave has pushed back the date of human existence in Ireland by 2,500 years. This discovery re-writes Irish...

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Fairy tales origins are thousands of years old, researchers say

Snow white Fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast can be traced back thousands of years, according to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon, reported BBC News Using techniques normally...

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First Ancient Irish Human Genomes Sequenced

The remains discovered by the team. The First Ancient Irish human genomes have been sequenced Stonepages reported this month. Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Queen’s...

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Scottish warlord may have helped save Welsh on the Llyn Peninsula from Irish...

Scientists may have discovered a link between the Picts and North Wales New evidence shows a Scottish warlord may have helped save Welsh on the Llyn Peninsula from Irish invaders. If you missed it at...

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The Cauldron of the Dagda – new Celtic book for December 2015

The Cauldron of the Dagda – Cover It was with great pleasure that we heard from one of our dear French friends, an author and Bagpiper, Valéry Raydon, when he let us know that he was going to release a...

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Ancient Irish Horn brought to life by 3D Printing

Billy Ó Foghlú is a PhD student studying archaeology at the Australian National University (ANU) reports the All3DP website. After 3D printing a replica of a Bronze Age artefact, long believed to be a...

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Burren and the Cliffs of Moher designated UNESCO site

Dolmen on the Burren The Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark was designated as a UNESCO site following a vote at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General...

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Nimue Brown talks about Facing the Ancestors

Druidry and the Ancestors Druidry and the Ancestors is a book that I have read and found to be very stimulating. Nimue takes us very skillfully around what we do actually know about our distant (and...

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Update on the Lavau Cauldron Iron Age burial site

Handles of Lavau Cauldron It was reported back in March 2015,  that there had been some very  interesting news from France where archaeologists working for INRAP have found the remains of a magnificent...

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2012 BC: Bronze Age Boat built at Falmouth in Cornwall using traditional...

A Bronze Age boat will be launched in Falmouth on 6 March as part of an archaeological experiment being carried out by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall and the University of Exeter. Currently they...

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Roman Roads were actually built by the Celts, claims The Ancient Paths

The myth of straight Roman roads has been exposed by a new book which claims the extraordinary engineering feats were the work of the Celts, writes The Telegraph back in 2013. The post Roman Roads were...

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