What Can This 2,400-Year-Old Tomb Tell Us About The Origins Of The Celts? The Celts, who were they? Where did they come from? Were they mystical druidic people of the British Isles – or gruesome, barbarian warriors who got under Caesar’s skin? In the heart of the European Alps, remarkable evidence of a culture that thrived 3,000 years ago has been found trapped and perfectly preserved inside sealed salt mines. Inside a 2,400-year-old tomb the remains of a woman and two men have been recovered. She was an aristocrat; they were giants of men. A shaman and her entourage? Relatives or sacrifices? An interdisciplinary team of scientists is working to unlock the secret of this ancient trio; it may be the first real evidence of mystical rites from the dawn of the Celts.