Well the Celts were pretty interesting I think. I never heard of the Celts until that video we watched in class that mentioned the Celts. The word Celts comes from a greek word Keltoi meaning "one who lives hiding or undercover". The Celts were also sometimes known as barbarians. Like the Egyptians and the Chinese they too were like in love with salt. Like the Egyptians the Celts also preserved their bodies with salt. I thought it was only the Egyptians that did that, I guess I was wrong. Also the Celts were buried with treasures and items just like the Egyptians did, how neat. Preserved bodies of Celts were found in the mountians doing work. What kind of work were they doing and why were they preserved like this? When i think of Celts and mountians for some reason I think of migets carring around picks. Do not ask, it comes from a old computer game called Runescape.
People do not know much about the Celts because documents about them were never kept or not found. The only thing we know today is what the Greeks and Romans told about them and who knows what is true or fake. They could be leaving a lot of things out and we would never know. I think that is a shame that we might never know the true Celts. I also thought it was neat how over 1000 preserved bodies of Celts were found way before they even thought they existed. How did that happen?
All of those ham lovers have to thank the Celts for salted ham. Ham is by the way amazing and I cannot wait until Thanksgiving to have turkey and ham, yummmmmmm. The celts actually got into fights over who was going to eat the ham. How crazy is that, lets fight over ham. I would never do that, that is just pretty stupid.
The Celts were not able to build a big, strong, powerful nation and rule all. They just could not do it. They did all these great things and their ideas went to the Romans, and the Romans used them like their own giving the Celts no credit. I personally could not stand not getting credit for something I did and having other people use it. So the Celts were not able to build and empire but they sort of helped the Romans do so with all their ideas, so in a way they did.
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I feel really bad for the Celts. They worked so hard to do so much, but then the Romans come along and don't only crush them, but refuse to give them their rightful spot in history. Silly Romans, salt is for Celts!
The celts got screwed in history...those darn romans are always stealing their mojo.
Salted ham is pretty good..but I'm more of a turkey person.
I'm still not a big fan of the Celts because they still creep me out from that video we watched. I think its weird how they hide or whatever.
I guess you could say they helped raise the empire
It’s terrible that the Celts did not record their own history. The Romans wrote what they thought happened, but they did not even like the Celts so they could have portrayed them wrongly.
I agree with Millie. The celts got screwed. They made ham awesome. And had sweet war cries. And did cool things with salt. They were also found in really bright clothes. That should count for something. But eww. They had nasty beards. That's one thing that I wish would have gotten lost in history forever.
A lot of your classmates seemed to share your sentiments about the Celts. They are well received for some reason. I guess they were the underdogs compared to the Romans?
Interesting how you compare the Celts and Egyptians to each other's funeral practices. Never thought of that before.
As for no written account by the Celts themselves, there is the famous quote: "HIstory is written by the victor." Meaning we never get to learn about the true story of the losers. (Celts)
Apparently the Celts traveled around a bit, and as you point out the really loved pork. (maybe too much)
Good comments,
Mr. Farrell
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