I know. For example, they think the 4000-year-old mummies were Celts.

我知道。比如说，他们认为有4000史的木乃伊是赛尔。

In around 1200 BCE, we have these guys called the Celts who started to arrive in Britain.

大约在公元前 1200 ，我们有这些叫做凯尔的民族开始到达英国。

But the Celts were much more than just warriors.

但是凯尔远远不只是战士。

They proudly said they were Keltoi or Celts who came from the far-away Alps.

他们自豪地说自己是来自遥远的阿尔卑斯山的 “Keltoi”，凯尔。

This is one of the earliest stories about the ancient Celts.

这就是有关古凯尔的最早的故事之一。

The Celts believed that there was a natural barrier between the living and the dead.

凯尔认为生者和亡者之间存在一道天然屏障。

Over 2000 years ago, people known as the Celts lived in Northern Europe.

2000多前，大家所知道的凯尔住在欧洲北部。

The Celts worshipped many gods, and priests known as druids oversaw this worship.

凯尔崇拜许多神祗，被称作“德鲁伊”的祭司负责主持宗教信仰仪式。

Make it out to the ancient order of celts.

希望你们恢复凯尔祖先的秩序。

The Celts were never one unified empire, and they didn't build cities or monuments.

凯尔未形成过统一的帝国，也不曾修筑城池、树立石碑。

Later, when the Romans invaded Europe, they adopted the Celts' New Year customs and used them in their own festivals.

后来罗马入侵欧洲，他们接受了凯尔的新习俗，并在自己的节日加入这些习俗。

And jack-o-lanterns first caught on at a time when most Americans had no direct connection to Samhain or the Celts.

在大多数美国与萨温节或凯尔没有直接联系的时候，南瓜灯就已经开始流行起来了。

Over time, these Germanic tribes began to establish permanent bases and to gradually displace the native Celts.

随着时间的推移， 这些日耳曼部落开始建立永久性基地并逐渐取代当地的凯尔。

The Celts had a feast called Samhain, which marked the end of summer.

凯尔举行了一场名为 Samhain 的盛宴，标志着夏天的结束。

After the Romans left Britain, in the fifth and sixth centuries the Saxons began to attack the Celts.

罗马离开英国后，五、六世纪撒克逊开始攻击凯尔。

During these 400 years, the Celts spread out in seemingly endless waves  throughout Europe.

在这 400 里，凯尔以无穷无尽的浪潮散布在整个欧洲。

We know the ancient Celts practiced polytheistic  paganism.

我们知道古代凯尔信奉多神教。

A polytheistic culture, the Celts  worshipped a collection of deities.

多神教文化，凯尔崇拜神灵的集合。

The Celts who represented most of the population adopted the AngloSaxon- language as their own.

代表大多数口的凯尔采用盎格鲁撒克逊语作为自己的语言。

This was also the day during which the Celts believed that the veil between the mortal and the supernatural was thinnest.

这一天也是凯尔认为凡与超自然之间的界限最薄弱的一天。