Head cults and human sacrifice. Pillars from site at Roquepertuse.

• Entremont• Roquepertuse• Both sites destroyed c.

120 BCE• Continuing evidence of

significant heads• The head of Bran the

Blessed, in Branwen ferch Llyr, Second Branch of the Mabinogi• The head of Finn

MacCumhail

Human sacrifice.

• Lindow Man, Britain (circa 3rd-2nd century BC), on display in the British Museum• Photo from Danebury Fort

excavation, Britain (3rd-2nd century BC)• Gordion, Galatia

Romanian Bird helmet, 4th century BC. Found in a cemetery in Ciumeşti, Romania. Housed at the National Museum of Romanian History.

Agris helmet, 350 BC. Found buried in a cave in Agris, France. Housed in the Musée d’Angoulême.

Witham Shield, 3rd-2nd century BC.Found in the Witham River, Lincolnshire, England. Housed in the British Museum, London. 3.39 ft long.