“Unearthed Secrets of a 2,200-Year-Old Celtic Warrior: A Chariot, Horses, and Mysteries Await in Yorkshire!”
The find is so exquisite, in fact, that experts have hailed it “the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium.”
One other shield which comes close to this stunning discovery is the famous Wandsworth shield that was found in the Thames river in 1849. It is now safely kept in the British Museum.
The Celtic shield is certainly a remarkable find but so, too, are the chariot and horses buried beside it. The horses were found with their hooves on the ground and their rear legs looking as though they could leap out of the grave. Scientists are still unable to confirm whether the horses were buried dead or alive.
“For me [the positioning of the hooves] definitely indicates that they were moving onto something else – he has his food, weapons and the means of travel,” Ware said.
TwitterThe recent discovery was one of the most significant finds related to British Celtic history.
The dig site itself, which is located at a building site in the market town, first made headlines in 2018.
Among the hundreds of chariot graves that have been uncovered so far, a large number of them have been attributed to the Arras Culture which lived in this region of modern England during the Middle Iron Age. Some other similar graves were believed to come from the Anglian period which was 600 to 800 years later.
This most recent discovery, however, dates back to the Iron Age, which began around 1200 B.C. following the collapse of the Bronze Age. This era marked the introduction of iron and steel as prominent materials for making weapons and tools among warriors in Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa.
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