The Druids

In this video we dive into the accounts of the Druids of Gaul and Britain, and try to see if there is any archaeological evidence for their existence.

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Additional Sources:

Andrew Fitzpatrick (2007b) Druids: Towards an Archaeology

Jane Webster (2015) A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre‑Roman Celtic Religion

“At the Water's Edge” by Lund J

Nicky Garland (2013) Ritual Landscapes of Pre-Roman Britain: The Margins of Practice on the Margins of the Empire

Ian Armit (2010) Porticos, pillars and severed heads: the display and curation of human remains in the southern French Iron Age

David S, Rose (2016) Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look

Jean-Louis Brunaux, Claude Malagoli, Bernard Lambot, Gérard Bataille (2003) La France du Nord (Champagne-Ardenne, Île-de-France, Nord, Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Pas-de-Calais, Picardie) Cultes et sanctuaires en France à l'âge du Fer

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[alishanestor]

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[MercedesCruz-qenj]

I love Celtic culture. We will never know much about it since, history is written by the conquerors, and this was Rome.

[BobZombie]

Romans: "These Druid sacrifices are barbaric!"
Also Romans: "Ahhhh i love watching one man fight 5 lions in a pit on a Friday evening!"

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[dorriebanana]

What I like about documentaries on the internet: they are presented in a calm and professional way to give a sense of seriousness on the one hand, on the other hand the videos show pictures with credit to 'Agent-Bunny-Boy'.

That aside thank you for sharing all the effort of your research with us!

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[SimoExMachina]

As we all know, the Gaelic Druids knew to brew a potion potent enough, to power a punch that separates a Roman legionnare from his sandals.

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Regards, from France.

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[kilowhiskeyalpha]

It must have been a common sight, Druids falling out of trees.

[jonni]

48:27 "Death is not the last thing, it is the least thing. It is but a cobweb we pass through as we journey from this life to the next." - some Druid, probably

[hardlo]

What I really like about history and topics such as these, is that it puts later accounts of different events in perspective. The Romans, despite the barbarity within their culture, considered the druids and their rites to be an affront to their way of life, often exaggerating their so called "misdeeds" in writing. Such practices never really went away, and now we severely lack records about the Norse, or the Balts, Cathars, Gnostics, Manicheans, Aztec, Mayans, etc, and their traditions, as the dominant culture wrote very biasedly about them, centuries after their destruction. This led to the perverse belief that persists to this day about these forgotten cultures and ways of life being "savage and barbaric." So much history and culture, heritage, all lost to the passage of time...

[cindermagus]

And here I thought Druids were just a Dungeons and Dragons class. It’s very intriguing that a Druid ended up becoming a regular video game playable class that portrays them as hermits who live in the forests and use forces of nature.

[jrmckim]

Thank you for consistently providing the source material for us to read and comprehend on our own. This practice greatly enhances our understanding of the subject matter.