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Aberdeen 1-5 Celtic: What the manager said • May 14, 2025, 1:40 PM ET (BBC)
Archaeologists Unearth 2,300-Year-Old Sword Decorated With Two Small Swastikas in a Celtic Necropolis • May 6, 2025, 5:33 AM ET (Smithsonian Magazine)
2,300-year-old sword with swastikas unearthed at necropolis in France • Apr. 30, 2025, 11:02 PM ET (Live Science)

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Brennus
Celtic chieftain [died 279 BCE]