Although it has often been stated that the Celts did not keep written records, this is simply not true. We know the druids believed that their teachings should never be written down, but there is no evidence that this belief extended to other areas of Celtic society. In fact, there are a large number of artefacts that prove the Celts could not only write, but were proficient in a number of languages including Greek, Etruscan and Latin. The earliest examples of Celtic text were written in the Etruscan alphabet and date back to the 6th century BC.
