The Celts: not quite the barbarians history would have us believe
by Alice Roberts from on (#PD4N)
A close examination of Celtic craftsmanship reveals a scientifically sophisticated people with good links to the rest of Europe
A farmer, ploughing a field near Snettisham in Norfolk in 1948, turned up what he thought was a bit of an old brass bedstead. But it was gold, not brass, which he'd discovered and this was just the first piece of the richest iron age hoard ever discovered in Europe, including more than 200 torcs and fragments of torcs: neck rings made of gold, silver and bronze. Today, the collection is in the British Museum, and earlier this year, I was lucky enough to get a close look at some of these beautiful treasures.
These objects amply demonstrate the artistic flair and impressive technical abilities of iron age artisans
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