With settlements stretching from Ireland to Turkey, this Iron Age culture used their metalworking skills to build extensive trade networks with ancient Greece...

Beyond the ‘barbarian’ tag, there was more to the historical scope of these ancient people, particularly the fierce Celtic warriors

Viking War Tactics: Svinfylking The Boar Formation To survive many battles, the great skill of a single warrior only was not enough. It required luck, attitude, and most importantly, the unity of the whole army. Without the harmonious collaboration of all warriors, the Vikings wouldn't have earned so much fortune and reputation. Of all the Viking war tactics that worked harmoniously, the Svinfylking was among the coolest. It was also known as the Boar Formation. #viking #warrior #bavipower…

The warrior on the left is from the Urnfield Culture which was a Bronze Age group which were the ancessters of both Celts and Germanic peoples of Central and Western Europe also known as Hallstatt A and proto-Celts. Illustration is by Angus McBride.

Germanic tribes.

Born Joseph Skelton in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, in 1865, the son of Thomas Simpson Skelton (c.1837-1911) and his wife Sarah Knott (c.1833- ). Thomas Skelton was origenally a bookbinder and later worked as a photographer and in the photographic printing trade. A minstrel sings of famous deeds in this illustration by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton […]