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    Acropolis Roquepertuse is an ancient Celtic religious center. It is located near the city of Velaux, north of Marseille 16 miles west of Aix-en-Provence...
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    at Roquepertuse and Entremont, close to areas colonized by the Greeks. It is possible that similar groups in wood were widespread. Roquepertuse seems...
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    which were niches where human skulls were kept, nailed into position. Roquepertuse nearby has similar carved heads and skull niches. Many lone carved heads...
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    examples appearing in the northeast and southeast of Gaul (notably at Roquepertuse, a major Celtic religious center near Marseille, France) and across the...
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    Roquepertuse. The pillars of the portico, with cavities designed for receiving skulls. III-II B.C. Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne in Marseille....
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    associated with Cernunnos. Statues from the pre-Roman Gaulish sanctuary of Roquepertuse assume the same pose; though clearly of religious significance, they...
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  • Republic), and sanctuaries of some sort at the southern French oppida of Roquepertuse and Entremont. There are also a number of Celtiberian standing "warrior"...
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    Torrs Horns Copper pot with lid Gaulish warrior garments Warrior statue, Roquepertuse, France Gaulish bronze helmet Celtic gold-plated disc La Téne burial...
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    Seated warrior from Roquepertuse, Marseille History Museum...
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    conjectured to hold a human head. Sanctuaries from the south of Gaul, such as Roquepertuse, had niches carved in them for human heads.: 41–42  Coignard and Coignard...
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    Holzgerlingen figure, and a two-headed sculpture from the Celtic shrine at Roquepertuse (though its leaf-crown is now broken off). These are often believed to...
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    Germany), the Mšecké Žehrovice Head (Czech Republic), and the sculptures at Roquepertuse. Greek influence (kouroi) has been discussed. Numerous black figure vessels...
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    a theory that associated the cross with the Celtic double-heads from Roquepertuse, France. In 1940, Joseph Raftery supported this theory, counting the...
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    hilltop fortress of Oppidum d'Entremont, as well as the sanctuary of Roquepertuse and the oppida of Saint-Blaise and Baou Roux. After the battle Sextus...
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    paroissiale Tour-musée de Velaux Moulin Segneurial Le site archéologique de Roquepertuse Ciné-club (CCDV) The local football club in Velaux is called US Velaux...
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    chin, the Hohensalzburg head can be compared to the Janus head from Roquepertuse.: 231  The wave-like pattern on the head has been interpreted by T. G...
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    La Tène culture Settlement at Arles, c. 2nd century BC Statue from Roquepertuse, 3rd-2nd century BC Prehistoric and Iron Age France - all dates are BC...
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    : 145 : 375  Other exceptions to this rule exist: a two-headed statue at Roquepertuse; a stone head from Badaczony-Lábdi [hu], Badacsonytördemic;: 114  and...
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  • the tête coupée ('severed head'), with important shrines located as Roquepertuse and Entremont. The cult persisted at Entremont until the sack of the...
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  • human head.: 297 : 216  Sanctuaries from the southern Gaul, such as Roquepertuse, are known to have had niches cut for skulls. This somewhat corroborates...
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