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Mask fibula with coral beads
The richly decorated robe clasp from grave 3 is unique in the Celtic world.
The richly decorated robe clasp from grave 3 is unique in the Celtic world.
While foot travel was the norm for most individuals within the Celtic world, horse-drawn chariots were exclusively used by the upper echelon of society.
The investigation of prehistoric paths is one of the most interesting and at the same time most demanding tasks of archaeological research.
The shiny brass-colored jug owes its good state of preservation to the fact that it survived the centuries in a well over 14 m deep. The handle of the vessel is richly decorated. The mouth of the handle is decorated with a palmette with rolled ends, from which two stylized bird heads develop and lie around the edge of the jug.
The people we are taking a closer look at in our special exhibition “CELTEN LAND HESSEN – A new era begins” shaped the Iron Age in Germany. They founded large city-like settlements long before the Middle Ages.
The aim of the learning game is to form matching pairs (image/term). Of course, the template must first be cut into triangles. In the reading text you will find out more about the objects shown.
The coin belongs to the group of provincial coins from the East, which is very rare in the west of the Roman Empire. Of the over 4,600 known coins from the Saalburg, only 6 examples belong to this group.