European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The dying Gaut is a Symbol of celtic Warrior Hood it was better to live a Short heroic life than a Long uneventful one. By Frances d Emilio the associated press they could offer a lesson for the new Europe those first europeans of More than 2,000 years ago. While the celts exquisitely Rich culture marked them As one people from the Northern Plains to the Mediterranean from Iberia to Asia minor they were politically divided. As a result they were done in by expanding germanic tribes and by the romans As latin students who stoically slogged through Julius Caesar s Quot gallic wars Quot might recall. More than 2,200 glories from the celtic past a and perhaps something for the Quot new europeans Quot to reflect upon a have been assembled in the Palazzo Grassi Venice Italy for viewing through dec. 8. Barry Raftery a celtic expert at the University of Dublin and one of the exhibit s curators said the celts symbolize european Unity. A modern Day Celt he prefers to spell the word with a Quot a Quot and pronounce it with a hard sound. They Quot had a singular culture. ,. Almost identical treatment of ornaments weapons burial customs Quot Raftery said. Quot but the celts never politically unified. There was a series of kingdoms. Had they unified there s no question things would have been since the Continental celts left no writing behind much of what filtered Down through the Ages were descriptions by their roman and greek contemporaries. No wonder then that the celts were Long regarded As a race of tall sturdy Folk since the celts making the first and lasting impressions were warriors the Best the tribes could marshal for Battle. Archaeologists eventually concluded that the celts were not one race at All but one culture. In the last dozen years or so new finds refined their understanding of differences and similarities among the Many tribes. Quot there was t any one find or discovery Quot said Raftery but Quot an accumulation of new finds new Graves. Such As the one near Stuttgart Germany with a fantastic amount of the Tomb under a Mound 100 feet wide is believed to have been that of a celtic Prince Laid to rest on a Bronze bed. Quot it s All come together in this exhibition for the first time a and possibly the last time Quot said Raftery. Quot persuading More than 200 museums to give up their Best pieces especially during the summer tourist season. Is a big Many pieces come from museums in Eastern Europe now eager to get in on the euro Unity movement. The exhibit begins with the dying Gaul a roman copy of a greek sculpture celebrating Victory Over the celts in Galatia and for the romans and greeks Triumph Over a barbarian culture. But moving through the exhibit visitors pass through a world that makes greek and roman civilization seem almost Dull. Celtic Art is fantastic with lots of use of bizarre figures that seem to have come from haunting dreams. The exhibit s Symbol is an Anima like monster face on a Bronze amphora found in what is now Czechoslovakia. Geometrical patterns and Floral motifs on housewares and jewelry Are exquisite and can be marvelled at Down to the tiniest swirl and Squiggle in one room where each object is encased in a column with a magnifying Glass to peer through. Art for the celts was interwoven with religion the province of the druids the mysterious priests of the Oak Groves. Therefore the same patterns seen on their jewelry Are on their standing Stone crosses a Many Fine examples of which Are still seen throughout Britain and Ireland. 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But designers say it is the Only one that not Only fillers water but also kills bacteria and viruses. The device subjects water to a two stage purification process. The water first passes through a Micro filter that removes impurities and Guardia a tiny parasites that can cause diarrhoea a and then goes through a Tri iodine resin matrix that kills bacteria and viruses on Contact. The company says because the Tri iodine is molecular Ray bonded to a matrix of resin beads rather than dissolved directly into the water virtually no iodine passes into the water. That Means the water has no Odd iodine taste. Klein says most Good water filters will take out contaminants a including microorganisms a Down to 0.2 microns in size. But they Are exclusively filters and Klein stresses that filtration simply in t always enough. Quot viruses Start at 0.1 microns so filter devices that do not have some other Way of addressing contamination leaves the user exposed to that Quot a Elfein says. Quot depending on where you Are it is More or less of a of course travellers could just boil water they suspect in t pure. Or they could use iodine tablets. But boiling takes time and can t be done everywhere. And iodine tablets leave an unpleasant aftertaste. Quot the trick is to do it Quick enough so people will use it and to leave the water tasting Good enough so people will want to use it Quot says Klein. Quot none have been Able to make it As simple and reliable As we have. I think that is the key 24 stripes Magazine August 15, 1991
