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   Vix Grave

   The area around the village of Vix in northern Burgundy, France is the site of an important prehistoric complex from the Celtic Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, comprising an important fortified settlement and several burial mounds.
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   Vix

   The Vix Grave, or grave of the Lady of Vix
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   Vix, Côte-d'Or

   The most famous of the latter, the Vix Grave, also known as the grave of the Lady of Vix, dates to circa 500 BC.
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   Ancient Greece and wine

   In 1929, the discovery of the Vix Grave near Burgundy included several artifacts which demonstrated the strong ties between Greek wine traders and local Celtic villagers.
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   Heuneburg

   Vix Grave and Mont Lassois
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   Hallstatt culture

   Typical sites are the Heuneburg on the upper Danube surrounded by nine very large grave tumuli, Mont Lassois in eastern France near Châtillon-sur-Seine with, at its foot, the very rich grave at Vix, and the hill fort at Molpír in Slovakia.
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   Charon's obol

   ↑ Cicero, De senectute 19.71: et quasi poma ex arboribus, cruda si sunt, vix evelluntur, si matura et cocta, decidunt, sic vitam adulescentibus vis aufert, senibus maturitas; quae quidem mihi tam iucunda est, ut, quo propius ad mortem accedam, quasi terram videre videar aliquandoque in portum ex longa navigatione esse venturus. ... ↑ See “Belluno grave group,” British Museum, for a Lombardic example, also archived.
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   La Tène culture

   Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave ... A woman in Vix (Châtillon-sur-Seine, Burgundy) buried with a 1,100 litre (290 gallon) bronze Greek vase, the largest ever found.
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   Art in ancient Greece

   The Vix crater, a late Archaic monumental bronze vessel. ... Family group on a grave marker from Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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    Glauberg

    Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave ... Vix and Mont Lassois

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Vix Grave,
• Vix,
• Vix, Côte-d'Or,
• Ancient Greece and wine,
• Heuneburg,
• Hallstatt culture,
• Charon's obol,
• La Tène culture,
• Art in ancient Greece,
• Glauberg