Nordic Bronze Age Nordic Bronze Age Ale's Stones (Ales stenar in Swedish) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden, from circa 500 BC, that is, the end of the Nordic Bronze Age and the beginning of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ale's Stones"
The Egtved Girl is the well-preserved remains of a 16-20 year old Nordic Bronze Age girl found in Egtved ( ), Denmark in 1921. She was slim, 160 cm tall, had long blonde hair and well-trimmed nails. Dendrochronology has dated her to 1370 BC. She was found in a barrow 22 metres wide and 4 metres high. ...more on Wikipedia about "Egtved Girl"
The Håga Kurgan, the Håga Mound (Hågahögen) or King Björn's Mound (Kung Björns hög) is a large Nordic Bronze Age kurgan on the western outskirts ( ) of Uppsala, Sweden. It is one of the most magnificent remains from the Nordic Bronze Age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Håga Kurgan"
Hassle ( ) is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hassle"
Lur is a name given to two distinct types of wind musical instrument. The more recent type is made of wood and was in use in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages. The older type, named after the more recent type, is made of bronze, dates to the Bronze Age and was often found in pairs, deposited in bogs, mainly in Denmark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lur"
The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age) is the name given by Oscar Montelius (1843-1921) to a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian pre-history, ca 1800 BC - 600 BC, with sites that reached as far east as Estonia ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Nordic Bronze Age"
Petroglyphs are images incised in rock, usually by prehistoric, especially Neolithic, peoples. They were an important form of pre- writing symbols, used in communication from approximately 10,000 B.C. to modern times, depending on culture and location. The word comes from the Greek words petros meaning "stone" and glyphein meaning "to carve" (it was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe). The term 'petroglyph' should not be confused with pictograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. ...more on Wikipedia about "Petroglyph"
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The Sagaholm in present-day Sweden had a large barrow from the early Nordic Bronze Age. It had a circle of slabs of sandstone, probably as many as 100. Only 45 remain, but 18 of them are adorned with petroglyphs depicting ships, animals and people, including scenes of bestiality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sagaholm"
The Stone ship was a Gemanic burial custom, typical for Scandinavia with scattered examples in Northern Germany and along the coast of the Baltic States (where they are called devil ships). They are believed to have represented the actual burning ship in which the dead was sent out to the sea. Excavations have shown that they are usually from the latter part of the Nordic Bronze Age ca. 1000 BC - 500 BC (e.g. Gotland) or from the Germanic Iron Age, the Vendel Age and the Viking Age (e.g. Blekinge and Scania). ...more on Wikipedia about "Stone ship"
Tanumshede ( ) is a town in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden with a population of 1,600. It is the seat of Tanum Municipality. The area around Tanumshede has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, because of its high concentration of petroglyphs (rock carvings). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tanumshede"
The King's Grave near Kivik in south-eastern Skåne ( ) is what remains of an unusually sumptuous Nordic Bronze Age burial ca 1000 BC. In spite of the fact that it has been used both as a quarry and carelessly restored, it is a unique burial. In both construction and in size (measuring 75 metres across) it deviates from most European burials from the Bronze Age, and the cist is adorned with petroglyphs. The images depict people, ships, lurs, symbols, and a chariot with two horses. ...more on Wikipedia about "The King's Grave"
The sun chariot of Trundholm is a late Nordic Bronze Age artefact, dated to the 14th and the 15th centuries BC, discovered in 1902 in the Trundholm moor near Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark (approx. ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Trundholm sun chariot"
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