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The Book of Kells
Book of Kells
* Trinity College Dublin Library * Dublin, Ireland *
Leabhar Cheanannais or “Book of Columba”, “The Book of Kells”, is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book written in Latin that contains the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various texts and tables. It was written in 800 C.E. by Celtic Monks. The texts […]
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Saveok Mill Archaeological Site
Saveok Mill Site
Greenbottom, Cornwall, England * http://www.archaeologyonline.org/index.html *
A small local farm in Greenbottom, Saveok Mill has placed itself on the archaeological map when resident Jacqui Wood discovered very curious archaeological features in her backyard when clearing the ground for a metal-work furnace on her land as one of her experimental archaeology […]
Saveok Water Mesolithic Lithics
Saveok Mill Lithics:
Saveok Water Archaeological Site, Greenbottom, Cornwall, England
During my June 2010 visit to Saveok Water Archaeological Site in Cornwall, England - I had the pleasure to peruse the lithic collection from the site. Excavation owner and director, Jacqui Wood has begun to do some intriguing investigations into the habitation patterns of this area of […]
Xanten: Bronze Cauldron
“Bronze Cauldron”
Xanten, Germany
“AT THE STOVE
Bronze cauldrons with iron rims were most often used for cooking.
AM HERD
Bronzekessel mit eisernem Rand wurden vorwiegend zum Kochen verwendet. Sie gelangten seit dem i Jahrhundert v. Chr. aus dem keltischen Raum nach Germanien und waren dort aucht noch in romischer Zeit in Gebrauch, Dieser kessel wurde von einer einsturzenden Mauer […]
Nibelungenmuseum and the legend (Worms, Germany)
Nibelunglied: The Saga of the Nibelungs (“Song of the Nibelungs”)
Is an epic poem done in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife Kriemhild’s revenge. The term for the people at this time were transferred from a legendary race of […]
The Key and Dragon (Worms, Germany)
The Sacred Key of Worms
Worms comes from “Lindwurn” or “Dragon slain by Siegfried under the linden tree.””Yet more I know of Seigfried that well your your ear may hold.
Beneath the lindeu tree he slew the dragon bold;
Then in its blood he bathed him, which turned to horn his skin,
So now no weapon harms him, as […]
Roman-German Museum, Cologne, Germany
ROMAN-GERMANIC MUSEUM
www.museenkoeln.de - 0221 22124438 - 32 Bewertungen * Cologne, Germany
In the heart of the city center right to the side of the Cologne Cathedral, lies Cologne’s German/Roman Museum. The Roman-Germanic Museum (RGM, in German: Römisch-Germanisches Museum) is one of the better archaeological museums in the region. This museum houses and protects a humongous […]
The Roman Amphitheatre at Xanten (Germany)
The Amphitheatre
LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR-RömerMuseum
* Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * apx@lvr.de * http://www.apx.de/english/archaeologicalpark/rec_buildings/amphitheatre.htm
The Amphitheatre
During the Roman occupation, their engineers built a new type of building where they could entertain their citizens with spectacular performances: A theatre enclosed on both sides (Greek: amphi-theatre). The […]
The Harbour Temple at the Xanten Archaeological Park (Germany)
The Harbour Temple (Colonia Upia Traiana)
LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR-RömerMuseum
* Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * apx@lvr.de * http://www.apx.de/english/archaeologicalpark/rec_buildings/harbour+temple.htm
In the Archaeologie Park resides a partially reconstructed ruins of an ancient Roman temple of which is unknown which God/dess(es) were worshipped. It stands tall with columns […]
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Xanten Archaeological Park
LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten
* Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * apx@lvr.de * http://www.apx.de/
* Adults: EUR 5.00 * Children (over the age of six): EUR 2.50 * Disabled people: EUR 4.00 * Students, apprentices: EUR 4.00
The LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten resides on the site […]