The Gundestrup Cauldron  c 100BC
© The National Museum of Denmark

 

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The Gundestrup Cauldron


The Cauldron, 69 cm  in diameter and made of silver ... was found in a bog at Gundestrup, Denmark, but it is considered to have been made in the region of the Lower Danube - a region populated by Celts - whence it probably reached Denmark as plunder or by way of trade.  Its panels depict the gods; one in particular enables us to recognize Cernunnos

 

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