Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave

The Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave is a Celtic burial chamber of the Hallstatt period near Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, dating from about 530 BCE. Excavated in 1978–1979, it held a man laid on a bronze couch 2.75 metres long with eight wheels, wearing a gold-plated torc and gold plaques on his shoes. In the chamber were also a four-wheeled wagon, drinking horns and dishes enough for nine people, and a cauldron imported from Magna Graecia that had held about 400 litres of mead.