Roquepertuse
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Acropolis Roquepertuse is an ancient Celtic religious center for the Celts. It is located near the city of Velaux, north of Marseille 16 miles west of Aix-en-Provence, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. The site was first recorded in the Bouches-du-Rhône civil statistics in 1824 when a partially buried statue of a cross-legged warrior was discovered in the garden of the parish priest. The structure was destroyed by the Romans in 124 BC and re-discovered in 1860 when a partially uncovered statue was fully excavated. Most of the excavations were done in 1923 by Henri de Gérin-Ricard.
Roquepertuse. The pillars of the portico, with cavities designed for receiving skulls. III-II B.C. Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne in Marseille.
Seated warrior from Roquepertuse
Two-headed sculpture from Roquepertuse
Ligures
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The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named.
Flint arrowheads from the Polada culture, Castelleone Civic Archaeological Museum.
Discovery of a Ligurian tomb from the 3rd century BC in Filicaia, National Museum of Villa Guinigi, Lucca
Reproduction of the Pulica helmet, revovered into an Apuani grave
Ligurian tomb, 3rd century BC, National Museum of Villa Guinigi, Lucca