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The Symbolic Key to a Viking Woman’s Independence
... the goddess Frigg or Freya, found at the Tissø lake, Denmark. (Photo: National Museum of Denmark) The woman could, for example, demand a divorce if ...
ancient-origins - 04/11/2017 - 00:49
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De-faced Skulls and Babies Were Buried in Viking Homes
... in a well outside a 9th century pit house in Aarhus, Denmark. Hem Eriksen thinks Norse people placed great value ... by the famous Ribe skull which was discovered in Ribe, Denmark, dating from the Iron Age. Marked with ancient runes ... is split in two and laid under a house floor in Jutland, Denmark Image: Ostergaard (2016) and Historical Museum of ...
ashley cowie - 05/05/2020 - 01:57
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Archaeologists Match 300-Year-Old Clump of Fecal Matter to the Bishop that Made it
... you were eating at the table of the bishop of Aalborg in Denmark about 300 years ago, you had an interesting meal. An ... project that is doing research on diaspora communities in Denmark from the early 15 th through the late 17 th century. ... a little piece in the story of our shared history and how Denmark became what it became.” “The exotic products ...
Mark Miller - 22/11/2016 - 00:38
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Song of Seikilos: Oldest Known Musical Composition Lay Hidden on a Flower Stand in Turkish Garden
... prior to its current placement in the National Museum of Denmark. Seikilos Epitaph - Song of Seikilos The Song of ... stele along with other exhibits at the National Museum of Denmark ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) A Song with a Message The song of ...
marinasohma - 05/12/2016 - 21:52
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The Quest For The Holy Grail: Celtic Magic Cauldrons
... The Celtic Gundestrup Cauldron, the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ) Magical Celtic Cauldrons ... there is proof of their physical existence. Discovered in Denmark, the Gundestrup cauldron is a large, gilded, silver ...
elyn aviva - 28/10/2020 - 21:30
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Why Would You Cremate and Bury Your Home? A Bizarre Viking Ritual Explained
... of wooden poles with wattle and daub infilling. In Denmark, some longhouses had forges inside them, although ... depended on the wealth of the owner and in some areas of Denmark royal longhouses were located in settlements within ... of a Viking house from the ring castle Fyrkat near Hobro, Denmark. (Malene Thyssen/ CC BY SA 3.0 ) Can a House Die? The ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 26/04/2017 - 14:01
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Mice Remains Indicate a Viking Visit to Madeira
... account for the presence in Chile of the Bundsö dogs from Denmark before Columbus. In a recent article on the Vikings ... account for the presence in Chile of the Bundsö dogs from Denmark before Columbus. I was proposed that this had been ... accepts as reasonable the probability that Vikings from Denmark and Schleswig reached the Atlantic island of Madeira. ...
Geoffrey Brooks - 03/07/2020 - 22:42
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Ancient Roman bronze figure of mythological Silenus found on Danish island
... who handed her finding over to the National Museum of Denmark. Experts were able to determine that the figure dates ... on Falster. “The uncertainty as to whether they came to Denmark as loose objects or actually adorned furniture makes ... is most likely that the bronze artefacts were brought to Denmark solely as curiosities or objects of art, as gifts, ...
aprilholloway - 17/01/2015 - 21:55
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Elite Danish Vikings Wore Beaver Fur as a Status Symbol
... are worn today as a marker of status. Not native to Denmark, beavers were a symbol of wealth, as well as being an ... a) Map of showing the location of the six graves in Denmark where fur samples came from. b-d) Examples of the fur ... By the time of the Early Bronze Age (1700-1200 BC) in Denmark , the beaver had already gone extinct , creating the ...
Sahir - 30/07/2022 - 15:01
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From the Vikings to WWII, the Danevirke Wall Has Seen it All
... , and in German as Danewerk, is today located not in Denmark, but in Germany, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. ... walls combined served as a defense against incursions into Denmark from the Jutland Peninsula, and stretched from the ... tension escalated with two conflicts between Germany and Denmark, known as the First Schleswig War (1848-1851), and ...
Aleksa Vučković - 30/04/2020 - 02:04
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Ancient Plant DNA Extracted from 2,900-Year-Old Assyrian Brick
... time. In a prime illustration, a team of scientists from Denmark and the United Kingdom extracted intact ancient plant ... 1949. It was eventually sent to the National Museum of Denmark for safekeeping and to be put on display for the ... Seed Back to Life When the brick arrived in Denmark it had already broken into two pieces horizontally. ...
Nathan Falde - 23/08/2023 - 14:49
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Finds from Alken Enge Provide New Perspective on ‘Barbaric’ Germanic Tribes
Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark have made a remarkable discovery concerning the human ... on barbarian’. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark have made a remarkable discovery concerning the human ... of Casper S. Andersen (Aarhus University, Højbjerg, Denmark). (Image: PNAS ) The find revealed disarticulated ...
Ed Whelan - 23/05/2018 - 19:00
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The Gundestrup Cauldron Decoded - With a Tantric Twist
... mean something. Found dismantled in a peat bog in Denmark in 1891, this mysterious vessel continues to puzzle ... mean something. Found dismantled in a peat bog in Denmark in 1891, this mysterious vessel continues to puzzle ... it home to sacrifice it in the bog in the Cimbri part of Denmark. The Gundestrup cauldron. ( British Museum ) Just ...
Niels Bjerre Jorgensen - 01/12/2019 - 18:08
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How Did a Fossilized Body Solve A 2,400-Year-Old Murder? (Video)
... remarkably preserved remains in a bog outside Silkeborg, Denmark. The discovery of the Tollund Man , a 2,400-year-old ... remarkably preserved remains in a bog outside Silkeborg, Denmark. Initially mistaken for a recent casualty, further ... the Tollund Man is on display at the Silkeborg Museum in Denmark. Source: ...
Robbie Mitchell - 13/04/2024 - 21:00
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Eric Bloodaxe: Murderous Viking King of Norway and Northumbria
... the son of another Harald, Harald Bluetooth , the King of Denmark, though there is little evidence to support this ... Eric first sailed eastwards, where he raided the coasts of Denmark, Friesland, and Saxland for three years. He then ... states that Gunnhild was the daughter of the King of Denmark, Gorm the Old, and therefore the sister of Harald ...
dhwty - 16/01/2019 - 01:42
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Dissolving Myths: Vikings Did NOT Hide Behind Shield Walls
... ring fortress dated to the reign of Harold Bluetooth of Denmark (c. 958 – 986 AD). So far, this is the only complete shield found in Denmark dating back to the Viking Age. Fragments from the ... Trelleborg shield put together. (Photo: National Museum of Denmark) With a diameter of 85 centimeters (33.46 inches), ...
ancient-origins - 19/01/2021 - 20:21
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Operation Mummy's Curse Repatriates 2,800-Year-Old Mummified Hand That Had Been Used as Hollywood Prop
... that has now been returned to Egypt. Photo by John Denmark / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . ... Hand that has now been returned to Egypt. Photo by John Denmark / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . The ... Hand that has now been returned to Egypt. Photo by John Denmark / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . By ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 05/12/2016 - 14:43
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Enigmatic Engraved Pendant from Stone Age Site is the Oldest in Britain
... is comparable to styles on the Continent, particularly in Denmark. When it was first uncovered the lines were barely ... it, as was the case for some amber pendants found in Denmark. The paper says the combination of scientific and ... the broader evidence for art in Mesolithic Britain and Denmark, the latter producing the largest collection of ...
Mark Miller - 26/02/2016 - 21:44
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New Analysis Proves Most If Not All Bronze Age Iron Came From Space
... Huge Bronze Age axes discovered in a field in Jutland, Denmark Bronze Age swords and other artifacts in the Nationalmuseet (National Museum) in Copenhagen, Denmark. ( Simon Burchell/CC BY SA 3.0 ) The Controversy ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 06/12/2017 - 13:39
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Finding Beowulf: Is Some of the Famous Anglo-Saxon Heroic Epic Based on Truth?
... dining hall at the center of this epic has been found in Denmark. Beowulf, The Legend In the Beowulf story, Hroðgar ... location. It was discovered in the old royal capital of Denmark, Lejre, 23 miles (37 km) west of modern Copenhagen by ... discovery , project director Dr. Christensen, curator of Denmark’s Roskilde Museum, said, “For the first time, ...
Joanna Gillan - 23/07/2020 - 00:39