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Keltenwelt am Glauberg
Date Added: 30th Jul 2025
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Hesse)
Visited: Would like to visit
Keltenwelt am Glauberg submitted by Jansold on 27th Oct 2016. The Keltenfürst (Celtic prince) of Glauberg
A life-sized sandstone statue from the burials at the Glauberg. Dating from the 5th century BC, it was found just outside the larger tumulus. It depicts an armed male warrior wearing a torc, and a hood-like headdress crowned by two protrusions, resembling the shape of a mistletoe leaf. As mistletoe is believed to have held a magical or religious significance to the Celts, it could indicate that the warrior also played the role of a priest perhap...
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