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| Dr. Lerner's German history class has three students: Mac, Stefanie, and Kris. |
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Visiting Kurpfälzisches Museum with Dr. Lerner's German history class
At the invitation of Dr. Lerner, I went to the Kurpfälzisches Museum with his German history class. The museum does not permit photography, so I have no photos to show you. The following information stood out for me from the museum visit: (1) From a specimen of the lower jaw of Homo heidelbergensis, I see that this species had teeth similar to mine even though this species had lived at least several hundred thousand years ago. (2) The Celts did not originate from Ireland; instead, they came from central Europe. (3) Christians built St. Michael's Monastery on Saints' Mountain in Heidelberg on top of a temple for Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, messages, and trickery.
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The Celts were apparently trying to get to China but most got lost and went the other way. A few made it however: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-meeting-of-civilisations-the-mystery-of-chinas-celtic-mummies-413638.html
ReplyDeleteEveryone wants to go to China. :)
I read the entire article at the link that you sent me. The information is fascinating. International travel was happening way back then! Just imagine, if more Celts had migrated further east into China, maybe a subpopulation of Chinese would have red hair today!
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