Rich Celtic Iron Age tomb discovered

                        ****A rich Celtic Iron Age tomb discovered with stunning artifacts****

Archaeologists from French national agency INRAP made the find under a 40m (131 feet) tumulus on the edge of a business park at Lavau.

Archaeologists in France are excavating the huge funerary chamber of what they believe was a rich 5^th century BC Celtic Prince that held his chariot, a decorated bronze cauldron, a vase depicting the ancient Greek god of wine and ecstasy Dionysus, a giant knife, and other important artifacts.

Covering nearly 7,000 m2 (7,655 square yards) and surrounded by a palisade and ditch, the tomb is larger than the cathedral in nearby Troyes.

Archaeologists have found only parts of a skeleton and have not yet identified the princes’ remains.

They’ve identified other graves and funeral urns, including the body of a woman whom they suspect may have been a relative of the prince. They have dated some of the ashes in the urns to 1400 BC.

INRAP President Dominique Garcia said they thought the tomb was a prince’s because they found a giant knife in it.


Archaeologists consider the biggest find to be the 1 meter-diameter (1 yard) bronze cauldron. It has four handles decorated with the head of Achelous, a horned river god of the ancient Greeks.