What would offend a Celt?

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Originally Posted by Maeran

The occasional 'mummified dinosaur' (I remember there being one found when I was a kid and this search threw up a more recent one- both duck billed dinosaurs interestingly) has soft parts preserved, but they have been replaced by mineral- so no Jurassic Park for you.

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'Dinosaur mummies' are not all that uncommon, but they are simply fossilized remains of the soft tissues of an animal. A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found some years ago, however, actually included some soft tissue in the femur:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7285683/

Does speaking a Celtic language make one a Celt? As opposed to utilising a Haltstatt or La Tene material culture.

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Originally Posted by Maeran

... so no Jurassic Park for you.....

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Now I'm upset. Does that mean I'm a celt?~;)

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Originally Posted by Maeran

...incidentally, is Keltoi Greek for the people around Massalia or the people of Pannonia?....

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A quick wiki search (for what thats worth) says the first mentions put the Keltoi in W or SW Germany and at the root of the Danube. So I think Bavaria/Switzerland is intended.

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Originally Posted by Maeran

... including Attila the Hun, probably...

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I knew he was a brother! Drank so hard on his wedding night his head popped before he could get to the bride! Now thats a true Celt.

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

Does speaking a Celtic language make one a Celt? As opposed to utilising a Haltstatt or La Tene material culture.



Now I'm upset. Does that mean I'm a celt?~;)



A quick wiki search (for what thats worth) says the first mentions put the Keltoi in W or SW Germany and at the root of the Danube. So I think Bavaria/Switzerland is intended.



I knew he was a brother! Drank so hard on his wedding night his head popped before he could get to the bride! Now thats a true Celt.

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Continuing to my previous post, but back to the Celt topic, and on the DNA issue.

If Neanderthalensis DNA was already extracted from the previous timelines I mentioned before, how much more likely would it be to retrieve DNA from highly preserved Eastern Red-hairs in China (Celtic or otherwise), from 4.000/2.000 B.P., and be compared with other Celtic remains/present-day people? So yeah, I'd believe that could be done.

Well, Cadwalader had a very interesting idea, a few others had good suggestions, and Paullus tried his hardest to get this thread back on topic, but I'm afraid it didn't work. My intent was not to create a war over who the Celts were, but rather to accumulate research information for my story. Thanks all that tried to help. The rest of you--can keep arguing. . . :2thumbsup:

put the price of there wine up :P although that'll just get them to turn you into there bitch :whip: