The early history of Switzerland begins with the earliest settlements up to the beginning of Habsburg rule, which in 1291 gave rise to the independence movement in the central cantons of Uri, Schwyz,
Venus of Monruz, c. 9000 BC
Pfyn culture settlement at Breitenloo, c. 3700 BC
Neolithic implements, pottery and foodstuffs, Cortaillod culture
Crystal arrowhead, Cortaillod culture, c. 3500 BC
The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age, succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any definite cultural break, under co
Agris Helmet, France, c. 350 BC
1910 illustration of a Gallic chief
Model of the Roman siege of Avaricum, France, during the Gallic War (52 BC)
Bronze chariot fitting from Roissy, France, 3rd century BC