Gotland Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeological evidence suggests that numerous ancient civilizations practiced artificial cranial modifications. While it is established that Vikings did undergo permanent body modifications, such
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Anyone, regardless of age, place, and nation, can always find something of archaeological value. You have to keep your eyes open; before you
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Once upon a time, there was an important commercial center on Gotland, the island located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 90 kilometers east
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeology students from the Uppsala University have uncovered the remains of an Iron Age warrior in Sweden. The find made during excavations in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tjelvar's tomb is a ship set from the Bronze Age located near the east coast of Gotland and almost directly east of Visby,
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Sometimes one should think twice before throwing away objects that may appear to have no value. About 40 years ago, farmer Håkan Linder
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Linguistic Discoveries
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Have we misunderstood the contents of the famous epic poem Beowulf? According to one professor who spent eight years studying the poem, Beowulf
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – At first glance, the Viklaumadonna appears to be a merely beautiful ancient sculpture, but she is much more than that. If you didn’t
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The story of Alwilda sounds more like a fairytale, and truth to be told; it's difficult to determine whether the account is based
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A sword similar to Tyrfing, described in our earlier article on Ancient Pages, is Dainsleif. It was made by Dain, one of the dwarfs
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On July 22, 1361, death came to Gotland, an island in Sweden. Locals heard rumors King Valdemar IV Atterdag and his powerful Danish fleet
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News
AncientPages.com - On July 27, 1361, the Battle of Visby was fought near the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. This military encounter was between the
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are about 3,600 known prehistoric grooves on stones scattered throughout the island of Gotland in Sweden. As many as 700 of them are
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, the Valkyries were the choosers of the slain. The Valkyries were females riding on horses armed with helmets and spears. They
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