The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds.

2021年3月9日 · A gold neck torc from the Celtic Vix burial, Châtillon-sur-Seine, in northeast France close to a fortified Celtic site or oppidum and in the vicinity of at least four more burials. Discovered undisturbed, the princely burial dates to the late 6th- or early 5th century BCE. This image was first published on Flickr. Original image by Karsten Wentink.

The Vix torc has two very finely made winged horses standing on fancy platforms projecting sideways just before the terminals, which are flattened balls under lions' feet.

2015年1月2日 · One of the best known and most quoted finds in western Europe must be that of the ‘princess's burial’ of Vix discovered early in 1953 not far from Châtillon-sur-Seine below the Celtic stronghold of Mont Lassois (Latisco).

Detail of winged horse on finial. After Joffroy 1979, pl. XV and XIV.

2021年2月18日 · In ancient Celtic cultures, torcs were a common form of jewellery and were made from bronze, copper, silver, and gold. Torcs were not just exquisite works of Celtic art but also identified the wearer’s status and perhaps were believed to have spiritual properties.

2022年2月16日 · Vix was a Celtic oppidum —a fortified Iron Age settlement — on Mont Lassois near Chatillon sur Seine in modern France. It occupied a strategic position on the Iron Age tin route between northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Vix was a nexus where the tin was unloaded from transports on the river Seine before continuing its journey by land.

2023年7月11日 · Based on stylistic similarities, scholars have theorized that this statue represents the Lady of Vix. Archaeologists found the remains of an elite woman. She died between the ages of 30 and 40. Her body lay upon a wagon. The wagon may have led …

2019年6月13日 · The "Vix Grave" was an inhumation burial from around 500 BCE, in which a young woman of high social status was interred with a cart or chariot, and several items of jewelery and other valuables. The wheels of the cart were removed and rested nearby in …

On 5 January 1953, Maurice Moisson uncovered the mesmerizing Gorgon-headed handle of an enormous bronze crater; it was the opening scene at the theatre of discovery of a major Celtic site known today as the burial of the "Lady of Vix".