Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave

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"The Hochdorf Chieftain´s Grave is a richly-furnished Celtic burial chamber near Hochdorf an der Enz (municipality of Eberdingen) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, dating from 530 BC in the Hallstatt culture period. It was discovered in 1968 by an amateur archaeologist and excavated from 1978 to 1979. By then, the burial mound covering the grave, originally 6 m (20 ft) in height and about 60 m (200 ft) in diameter, had shrunk to about 1 m (3 ft) in height and was hardly discernible due to centuries of erosion and agricultural use.

A man, roughly 40 years of age and 6 ft 2 in (187 cm) tall, was laid out on an exceptionally richly decorated 9 ft (275 cm) bronze recliner with eight wheels inside the burial chamber. Judging by other objects found there, this man probably had been a Celtic chieftain: He had been buried with a gold-plated torc on his neck, a bracelet on his right arm, a hat made of birch bark, a gold-plated dagger made of bronze and iron, rich clothing, amber jewelry, a razor knife, a nail clipper, a comb, fishing hooks, arrows, and most notably, thin embossed gold plaques which were on his now-disintegrated shoes. At the foot of the couch was a large cauldron decorated with three lions around the brim. This cauldron was originally filled with about 100 gallons (400 L) of mead. The east side of the tomb contained an iron-plated wooden four-wheeled wagon holding a set of bronze dishes—along with the drinking horns found on the walls enough to serve nine people." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021)
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  • Sitzbank "Kline" aus Hochdorf

    Sitzbank "Kline" aus Hochdorf

    Einzigartig und bis heute...

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    Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA

  • Halsreif aus dem "Fürstengrab" von Hochdorf

    Halsreif aus dem "Fürstengrab" von Hochdorf

    Halsringe aus Goldblech...

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    Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA

  • Grabbeigaben aus dem Hochdorfer »Fürstengrab«

    Grabbeigaben aus dem Hochdorfer »Fürstengrab«

    Goldglänzende...

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    Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA

  • Kessel aus dem Hochdorfer »Fürstengrab«

    Kessel aus dem Hochdorfer »Fürstengrab«

    Das Staunen, welches die...

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    Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA

  • Schlussstein mit Lamm Gottes

    Schlussstein mit Lamm Gottes

    Im Schnittpunkt zweier...

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    Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA

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