The British Museum is covering a vast and complex history in the first major exhibition to focus on the story of the Celts. This show combines modern research with a collection of extraordinary objects dating back to the Iron Age.
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Horned helmet (200-50 BC), Bronze, from the River Thames at Waterloo Bridge, London, England
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Hunterston brooch © National Museums Scotland
Gundestrup Cauldron (100 BC–AD 1), Silver, Gundestrup, northern Denmark © National Museum of Denmark
Painted pot (AD 700–800), Ceramic, from Clermont-Ferrand © Bibracte / Antoine Maillier
The Battersea Shield (350-50 BC), Bronze, glass, found int he River Thames at Battersea Bridge, London, England © The Trustees of the British Museum
Tully Lough Cross (AD 700–900), Tully Lough, north-west Ireland © National Museum of Ireland
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