Before Bohemia, there was a migration. Celts traveled to central Europe, crossing France and Germany before making their way to what is now the Czech Republic. The discovery of this group of settlers was kickstarted with the construction of a new highway in the Czech Republic, with the site of this discovery in Hradec Králové. Thousands of artifacts were found and discovered by teams of archeologists lead by Matouš Holas.
The Origin of the Bohemian Name
Before the Czechs were Czech, they were Bohemian, beginning with Roman-named Celtic “Boii” people. The Germans called the land “Böhmen” while the Romans called it “Boiohaemum,” meaning the history of the Boii continued to influence the land long past their existence there, even by the time the Czechs began living there. Translated to English, these names became “Bohemia,” where “Bohemians” lived, before they were finally known as Czechoslovakians, then as Czechs and Slovakians in their respective nations.