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Science Sheds New Light on the Life and Death of Medieval King Erik
... a dramatic death in battle outside the church in Uppsala, Sweden, where he had just celebrated mass. But what can ... Viking Age Comes into Focus Yet Again Archaeologists in Sweden unearth first Viking brooch piece depicting dragon ... The Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala, Ancient Pagan Site of Sweden The reliquary contains 23 bones, seemingly from the ...
ancient-origins - 17/03/2016 - 23:47
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Five Huge Bronze Age axes discovered in a field in Jutland, Denmark
... same period have been found across Germany, Denmark and Sweden. It is this that makes the finding of these axe heads ... of these monuments include Ale’s Stones in southern Sweden, Anundshög (also in Sweden), Kerteminde fjord in Denmark and Altes Lager Menzlin ...
Robin Whitlock - 07/06/2015 - 00:46
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The Runamo Runes: The Mysterious Runic Inscription that Never Was!
... The ‘Runamo Runes’, carved into the Runamo Rock in Sweden, are an example of such a mistake. An illustration of ... inscribed on a cliff face in Blekinge in the south of Sweden in his book, the Gesta Danorum . Initially, he ... to history and legend, had waged a successful war to unite Sweden and Denmark. According to Grammaticus, the inscription ...
Mark Johnston - 20/10/2022 - 22:57
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Seidr Norse Magic And Noaidi Shamans Shaping Destinies
... stone with illustrations from Norse mythology. Gotland, Sweden. ( Berig / CC BY-SA 4.0) The Practice Of Seidr The Old ... in Denmark and Norway, and in the mid-12th century in Sweden. Ancient Norse Sagas contain detailed accounts of ...
ashley cowie - 19/05/2022 - 16:53
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Tumlehed Rock Painting: A Cultural Map of Symbolic Language
... altered. The Tumlehed panel, discovered near Gothenburg, Sweden in 1974, appears to depict both Mesolithic/ Neolithic ... Tumlehed. Close-up of Nanforsens rock painting, Naesaaker Sweden (Jojoo64/ CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Dating the rock painting has ... a point just below the site. Larsson (University of Lund, Sweden) proposed that decorated objects were deliberately ...
Michelle Freson - 25/08/2018 - 23:05
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Viking Explorers Found To Be Carriers Of The World's Deadliest Virus
... smallpox-infected Viking skeleton discovered in Öland, Sweden. ( The Swedish National Heritage Board / Science News ... remains from Öland , an island off the east coast of Sweden. Professor Eske Willerslev of St John's College, ...
ashley cowie - 24/07/2020 - 19:51
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Puzzling Stone Age Labyrinth Discovered in Denmark, What Was It Used For?
... 2015, archaeologists investigating caves on Blå Jungfrun, Sweden, discovered another mysterious labyrinth and caves, ... in History The labyrinth at the island of Blå Jungfrun, Sweden. ( CC BY 3.0 ) The recent discovery was made by a ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 22/02/2017 - 22:52
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Viking Shield Technology Revealed in New Breakthrough Study
... a Viking Age shield was excavated from a grave in Birka (Sweden). The fragment consists of a wooden core which is ... shield was recovered from grave Bj 850 in Birka , Sweden. VIKINGS! Fearsome warriors who sailed and raided, ... the original 9th-century shield discovered at Birka in Sweden had remained fully functional. Its rim was ...
ashley cowie - 14/10/2020 - 13:59
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Sigrid the Haughty, Queen Consort of Four Countries and Owner of a Strong Personality
... Sigrid appears as the wife of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. She's also known as ... Eric the Victorious and the mother of Olof Skotkonung of Sweden. Sigrid’s unusual personality made her life ... died, she was living with her son Olof Skotkonung of Sweden, known also as Olav the Swede. With her beauty and ...
Natalia Klimczak - 28/04/2016 - 03:50
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Kivik Kungagraven: A Tomb Fit for a King
... ancient stone tomb near the village of Kivik in southern Sweden while digging in a quarry. The tomb, now known as ... ancient stone tomb near the village of Kivik in southern Sweden while digging in a quarry. The tomb, now known as ... religious beliefs suggest that the people of southern Sweden were connected to regions further south in other ways ...
Caleb Strom - 23/01/2017 - 01:56
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Three Mysterious European Bog Body Murders
... Man ” was discovered in a peat bog in Bocksten in Sweden in 1936 AD. Astonishingly, his clothing, as well as ... Man, is situated in this building in the Varberg Fortress, Sweden. ( Public Domain ) What The Bocksten Man Was Wearing ... ever be solved. Top image: The famous bog body murders of Sweden, Denmark and Ireland all happened in peat bogs like ...
ancient-origins - 18/12/2020 - 14:05
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Claims Viking Symbols and Runes May Be Banned – The Fuller Picture
... symbols such as Thor’s hammer may soon be banned in Sweden. Hate groups have been using many of these symbols for ... Asa-Community, the largest heathen religious group in Sweden, has spoken out against any government efforts to police Sweden’s ancient heritage, arguing that “prejudices and ...
Alicia McDermott - 23/05/2019 - 19:15
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Top Ten Underwater Discoveries of 2014
... sea voyages. 6. The discovery of 11,000-year-old relics in Sweden Earlier this year, Swedish divers made a unique and ...
aprilholloway - 31/12/2014 - 11:53
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Ymir in Norse Mythology: A Cosmic Creation Story
... tells of a legendary king named Gylfi, who ruled over Sweden . One day, he went to Asgard (where the gods lived), ... Ancient Creation Myths In the Prose Edda, Gylfi, King of Sweden before the arrival of the Aesir under Odin, travels to ...
Molly Dowdeswell - 08/10/2022 - 14:55
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Further Tales of the Family of the Iceman Come to Light
... his genes with Stone Age hunter gatherers found in Sweden and Iberia, an Iron Age man found in Bulgaria, and an ancient farmer from Sweden, they found that Ötzi was most similar to farmers found in Bulgaria and Sweden . But what about Ötzi’s maternal lineage? This too ...
Alicia McDermott - 14/01/2016 - 17:52
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Girl Finds Pre-Viking Sword While Wading in Swedish Lake
... One such find has just been recently announced in Sweden. A young girl found an incredibly rare 5th or ... One such find has just been recently announced in Sweden. A young girl found an incredibly rare 5 th or 6 th ... and it is greatly exciting the archaeological community in Sweden. The little girl and the sword Saga Vanecek was out ...
Ed Whelan - 04/10/2018 - 21:55
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The Ancient Sea Monster Discovered in The Hull of King’s Ship
... of Denmark, sank when sailing from Copenhagen to Kalmar, Sweden, where it was to meet Sten Sture the Elder as part of ... of Denmark, sank when sailing from Copenhagen to Kalmar, Sweden , where it was to meet Sten Sture the Elder as part of ... sea monster’s remains, researchers at Lund University in Sweden announced that the remains came from an Atlantic ...
ashley cowie - 28/08/2020 - 18:47
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2,000-Year-Old Paracas Shroud Returns Home
... Peru, has finally returned home after being returned from Sweden, according to a BBC report . The magnificent textile ... total of 89 of these ancient shrouds are being returned by Sweden, under an inter-governmental agreement and one of the ... segments in the textiles are wool fibres," according to Sweden's National Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. The ...
aprilholloway - 17/06/2014 - 23:38
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This Swedish King Built a Warship That Redefined Naval Combat (Video)
... departure from the maritime norms of his era, Eric XIV of Sweden unveiled a groundbreaking approach to naval warfare. ... departure from the maritime norms of his era, Eric XIV of Sweden unveiled a groundbreaking approach to naval warfare. ... and Mars' firepower transformed the seascape, underlining Sweden's ascent as a formidable maritime power, forever ...
Robbie Mitchell - 11/11/2023 - 15:29
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The History of the Incredible Vasa Warship and its Humiliating Shipwreck
... of this warship was commissioned by the King of Sweden, Gustav II Adolf, whose aim was to increase the ... This accomplishment of this objective was urgent, as Sweden was at that point of time engaged in a war with the ... Still, the Vasa continues to attract national interest in Sweden, as it is a symbol of the country’s Great Power ...
dhwty - 01/06/2016 - 00:47