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Celtic Studies Resources from a Digital Medievalist

Vindolanda Altar to Jupiter Dolichenus

Lisa L. Spangenberg | September 25, 2009

This past July a Roman altar dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus was discovered in the excavations of the former Roman fort Vindolanda. Vindolanda is near modern Chesterholm, England, just south of Hadrian’s Wall. The altar, weighing roughly 1.5 tons, is carved stone. One side bears a relief image of a jar and a patera, [...]

Salmon, and the Celts

Lisa L. Spangenberg | September 12, 2009

I live very near a small fresh water estuary salmon hatchery, and this month, the salmon are swimming upstream to spawn. They are stunning; gorgeous silver, and pink and green, and much larger than I’d expected; many are well over a foot in size. And they have come for miles, upstream, over rapids and falls [...]