Eggenburg Archaeological Museum

There’s also an archaeological museum in the grounds of the castle.

Before you went in though, you had to pay the tax by admiring and photographing this peacock. He blocked the doors until he felt he had got enough admiration.

Unlike most of Germany, Austria was firmly in the Roman Empire, mostly in the province of Noricum.

Once you know the abbreviations, reading Roman tombstones is fun. The one in the centre is for two freed slaves named Publius Musculei Vicarius, and Musculeia Sura who lived in Slovenia. The tombstone was paid for by their former owner/patron, Publius Musculei. (Freed slaves took the family name).

The famous Celtic Cult Wagon of Strettweg, made around 600BC. It’s assumed that the bowl on top was for sacrifices or libations.

Cannot be Celts around without any torcs

Ancient Roman glassware

Funerary urns