Battersea Shield: A 2,000-year-old Celtic shield that may have been 'sacrificed' in a ritual in the River Thames

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a tall bronze shield with inset red roundel decorations against a black background

The Battersea Shield was pulled out of the River Thames in 1857. (Image credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Name: Battersea Shield

What it is: Bronze facing of a shield

Where it is from: River Thames, London

When it was made: Between 350 and 50 B.C.

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