Belgae archaeology

[Baron Alcyoneus]

I read about this in Archaeology Magazine's Year of Discovery. The specific article was Gallic Blood Rites (Jean-Louis Brunaux. "Gallic Blood Rites". Archaeology, Mar/Apr2001, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p54, 4p, 7c.).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viromandui
Here Brunaux describes the excavation of Gournay-sur-Aronde, one of the Viromandui's villages:
“…Two thousand iron weapons and pieces of armor found by archaeologists in a ditch adjacent to the sanctuary at Gournay-sur-Aronde were once displayed as intimidating war trophies. Examination showed that the swords and scabbards, war girdles, shields, and lances were originally arranged as some 500 individual suits of armor, either standing on the platform of the gateway or hung from poles around the sacred inner precinct.â€