Discover the art of Mongolian nomads at the Musée archéologique d'Ensérune!

From 17 June to 17 September 2023

Exhibition at the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt from 25 November 2022 to 10 April 2023

For the first time after their creation almost 2000 years ago, outstanding stone monuments of the Mithras cult from sanctuaries in the Roman city of NIDA (Frankfurt am Main-Heddernheim) left the area of Frankfurt city in October 2021. They were presented as a central component of the special exhibition "The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult" created in an international cooperation in the museums of Mariemont (Belgium) and Toulouse (France).

After this long journey, the internationally important cult images returned to Frankfurt and will be on display in the Archaeological Museum as part of the special exhibition " MITHRAS. Annäherungen an einen römischen Kult", which forms the conclusion of the project funded by the European Commission (mithra-project.eu).

In combination with finds from Mithras sanctuaries in Italy, France, Croatia, Hungary and Romania as well as from the Limes area in the Rhine-Main region, they open up a new perspective on this ancient deity and its fascinating cult, which to this day has puzzled science in many areas.

On 10 January, the Laténium, the archaeological museum of the canton of Neuchatel, inaugurated the museum's new permanent exhibition room devoted to the Iron Age, the highlight of which is obviously the spectacular collection resulting from the excavations at the La Tène site, located on the lakeshore within rifle range of the museum.

It should be remembered that fortuitous discoveries, more or less wild excavations, and then more systematic excavations carried out there between the 1860s and 1910 uncovered a unique collection of objects, which gave the Second Iron Age its other name. An examination of these objects shows, however, that the vast majority of them relate to a very small period, around 200 BC, whereas the so-called La Tène period conventionally covers half a millennium, from the 5th to the 1st century BC.

Until 30 October 2022;

How does archaeology perceive Celtic identity or rather Celtic identities?

The museums of Lausanne and Bibracte have joined forces to reveal the extraordinary site of Mormont (Switzerland), which contains assemblages of exceptional objects from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. 

Presented in 2020 at the Archaeological Museum in Frankfurt, "Qanga" reveals the history of Greenland in the form of a graphic novel.

"Celts - A Millennium of Images" takes you back to unwritten times, filled with enigmatic images and fabulous creatures, to illustrate the abundance of artistic expression on the European continent during the last millennium before history.