Plans are already underway for Spring festivities around Ancient Worlds. One such event is a Multi-Group to be hosted by Germania. To date, four of Celtia's fine groups have signed up - Alba, The Faery Ring, The Heyday of Sail, and Iberia. For more information and for any other Celtia groups wishing to join, please see the 2006 Multi-Group Festival Planning thread located in Germania, or contact Marduk Hammurabi.

United Kingdom: Cesspits show that medieval Glaswegians ate more healthfully than their modern counterparts, and now local officials are hoping to use the archaeological evidence to help tackle the obesity epidemic among the city's chip-loving citizens. Large amounts of plant and fish remains and smaller quantities of animal bones have been found during excavations, and these finds will be highlighted on the city's new Medieval Trail, to run from Glasgow Cathedral to the River Clyde.

From the more recent November/December 2005 issue's World Roundup comes the following:
Scotland: An underwater survey of Loch Tay in Perthshire has revealed a well-preserved forest submerged some 5,000 years ago. Archaeologists found fallen elm and oak trees and upright trunks surrounded by organic material such as moss and hazelnuts. Samples taken from the trees gave radiocarbon dates of 2500 and 3200 B.C. Researchers hope the discovery will assist them in dendrochronology and climate-change studies.

The web site of Current Archaeology a UK magazine, reports that the next issue on the stands, Current Archaeology 201, will have a lead feature covering the earliest man in Britain, dated to around 700,000 BC. This issue should be available soon.

Featured Articles:
Iona: Ancient Sacred Isle
by Flidais Niafer
Children of Mananuan
by Brandubh Niall
The Family Curse
by Brandubh Niall

Group Spotlight:
There are many don'ts in our society today that have stemmed from our cultural pasts. In ancient times there were certain no-no's one was not to commit without penalty, punishment, or even death. The Forbidden World is a group dedicated to the discussion of taboos, mores and manners of ancient civilizations.

Member Spotlight:
Conall MacRoth makes his home in Pictland's Dunadd. A member of Inver Colpa and a participant in various events, such as the Mock Horse Race, Conall was personally recommended by another MacRoth, Katlyn, to be this issues featured member. A visit to Conall's home is interesting and informative. Conall's narrative on the Son's of Mil is worth is definately worth a read!

Location Spotlight:
Iberia, land of sunshine and mild weather, was attractive to those Celts displaced from Gaul by the growing population there. Through the Pyrenees Mountains, tribes found fertile fields, moved into the valleys and displaced the natives to the higher hills. By the time the Romans came, they had occupied most of the north, central and western parts of the peninsula. Even today, some 2700 years later, the northwestern province of Galicia still remembers it's Celtic Heritage.