Who were the Celts, really – and what traces of them can we find in Europe and Denmark?

In this mini-documentary, Xenia and Jonas follow in the footsteps of the Celts across Europe: from the salt mines of the Austrian Alps to one of the first European cities. Along the way, they explore the Celts’ worldview – including through one of the most significant archaeological finds in Danish history, the Gundestrup Cauldron.

Was the influence of the Celts so great that it reached all the way to Denmark? And what traces of them can we still find in our culture today?

Xenia Pauli Jensen is an archaeologist and senior researcher at Moesgaard Museum. Jonas Bransholm is the host.

#celts #gundestrupcauldron #worldhistory

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:31 – Where can we find traces of the Celts?
01:18 – The Gundestrup Cauldron: A key piece of the puzzle
03:15 – What does the Gundestrup Cauldron show? Flemming Kaul explains
05:56 – Inside the Hallstatt salt mine
09:29 – Staffelberg, a Celtic city
13:38 – The secrets of Hedegård
16:48 – What do we know now about the Celts?

Thanks to:
Dr. phil. Flemming Kaul
Dr. phil. habil. Markus Schußmann
Landrat Christian Meißner
BA Daniel Brandner
Faraos Cigarer, Aarhus
Vesthimmerlands Museum
Landkreis Lichtenfels
National Museum of Denmark
Natural History Museum Vienna
Salzwelten GmbH, Hallstatt
Museum Midtjylland
Horsens Museum
Everyone on the Hedegård excavation

3D model of Staffelberg: Landkreis Lichtenfels

Images of coins: Swiss National Museum, Zürich

Images of bronze cauldron, sword, and glass bracelet: National Museum of Slovenia, Tomaž Lauko