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The truth about The Celts (ad-free) (Patreon)

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2026-03-24 06:15:02
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In a special edition of the podcast, Helen Geake and Martyn Williams sit down with John Waddell, author and former Professor of Archaeology in the University of Galway.He's just released 'The Celtic World: A History', which looks at what life was really like for The Celts of Europe.

John helps to dispel myths and tells you things you never knew about their culture, language and lifestyle. You'll finish listening to this podcast with a far deeper understanding.

'The Celtic World: A History' is now available to buy in the Time Team Shop.

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Marion Tony McM

Wow!!! I found that a fascinating and intriguing glimpse into the Celts. A possible new/old obsession lurks....

Tony

Fascinating. So much information and food for thought for a casual observer like myself, it could be made into a series exploring the multitude of different strands to the conversation

Peter Horsam

I got to play a typical Scots ceilidh, a 'bush band' in Australia, on the weekend. It was for the birthday of a Welsh woman. She introduced us to what is probably the new Welsh anthem. 'Yma O Hyd' .. 'we are still here'. It has a swipe at Magnus Maximus, the last Roman governor from 383. There's your Celts right there!

Michael Crouch

Fascinating podcast, you’ve caused me to reevaluate what I thought I knew and I love that.

Helena McGinty

As a 78 year old I have been a vaguely intersted bystander watching the changes in ideas about the celts, the only mythology apart from Greek, which I read as a child. Ovet the years I have separated the airy fairy stuff, just like I have with the Arthurian stuff to enjoy as part of my culture. Not really mixed with the more reasoned info from archaeology, DNA research and learned books.

Brian Taylor

Having just been through St. Patrick's Day in the US, I can see that the idea that people can be Celtic if they believe they're Celtic definitely has limits.

Pauline

Just been watching a You Tube video about the Celts based on French archaeology. They showed a trench that would probably make Phil drool. The French are building a new high speed railway line running east from Paris. They have marked the route of the line for a few hundred kms with parallel lines and digging trenches every 100 metres or so and if they find anything start a proper large dig.

Dr Richard Mellish

Way of topic, but is anyone else bothered by the absence of kerning between the first two letters of "Waddell" on the book's cover

David Billingham

This is one of the best episodes. Terrific detail and insight on something we should all know about but I certainly knew next to nothing.

Elaine P

Another episode where I wish it could be longer. My first exposure to the Celts was Pauline Gedge's "The Eagle and the Raven." It lit a fire of interest in Celtic (and Roman) history that was further fanned by college art history courses. The sophistication and intricacies of their art that we now know of, seems to imply a comparably sophisticated mind and culture. Could (or are) the physical artefacts somehow be used to reverse-engineer our understanding of their culture and contribute to some "informed speculation"? What is needed for such art to be created?

Pam

Great pod cast. Fascinated by the Celts and the spread of language and culture pre, Roman.

Mary Lu

I really enjoyed this. The information is helpful to my understanding of “Celts”. I have Irish, Scots, and French ancestry, so this was very relevant to understanding my ancestry.