21 Aug 2010 Keltennen Exhibit in Aschaffenburg & Woodcarver's shop in Johannisberg

TheWoodcarver's Shop. We loved everything here.





























Within the Castle they were having a two week exhibit of Celtic or Keltic relics that they found on the property while they were excavating. For those of you not aware that no one actually knows when the Keltic society began or when it ended but they surmise from what they have found that the earliest Society was during the Iron Age about 800 BC and went into the Roman Era about the 8th Century AD. The earliest culture started in Austria and by 450 BC they had expanded over much of the British Isles, Central Europe, and as far East as Anatolia. The literary tradition begins with old Irish about the 8th Century AD. Their language was written in TARTESSIAN. It was also found in a Phoenician script about 825 BC which confirms the time period.

We were impressed with the stories that our guide told us about them. You will see a wagon with a body that is laying on wild boar hides. This was a sign that the man was a great hunter when he was alive, because Wild Boar are the hardest animal to hunt. When a child was born they were given their own sword which they kept for life. No one ever used their sword after the person died, it was put through a process called strapping. They literally destroyed it by twisting and then it was buried with the man. The wagon and the body were then burned. They had three helmets that they found and one of them looked like a axe had been leveled on the top of it. I took a picture of that also. They seemed to be very artistic because their jewelry and mirrors were ornate. There were many artifacts that I found interesting.

After the tour we all went to Toni Sauer's woodcarving shop that has so many things I couldn't take enough pictures. The traveling up to his house was so beautiful. He lives in Johannesberg in the Forest. He does all of his work from his house and he lets the missionaries have a 20% discount. He even carved a statue of Moroni that we bought and have sitting on our front room table. Let me know if you see anything interesting. Guten Nacht