All the hammered figures on the silver vessel known as the Gundestrup cauldron obviously mean something. Found dismantled in a peat bog in Denmark in 1891, this mysterious vessel continues to puzzle researchers. The figures tell a story, but no one is quite sure what that story is meant to be. Stylistically the figures seem to be clearly Gallic in origin, but the presence of elephants, lions, and apparently meditating figures points more towards an eastern origin. Thus, the most accepted explanation is that it was made in an area where both Gallic and Thracian cultures met - in today’s northwestern Bulgaria. Most likely it was the Cimbri people who brought it home to sacrifice it in the bog in
