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Photo from the 25th Viking makedet at Bronseplassen.
To the right in a blue dress, Eldir who started it all.
This runestone is the oldest one on the island and one of the most peculiar ones in all of Sweden. The stone is not native to the island and must have been brought there from somewhere up the mainland coast.
Turner
In September this year the five Viking-Age Ring Fortresses were admitted on the Unesco World Heritage list.
This small series is from a Viking Crafts Market at Aggersborg the last weekend in August.
These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg and Borgring were positioned strategically near important land and sea routes, and each made use of the natural topography of their surrounding landscape for defensive purposes. They are an emblematic demonstration of the centralized power of the Jelling Dynasty, and a testimony to the socio-political transformations that the Danish realm underwent in the late 10th century.
Tinganes is the historic location of the Faroese landsstýri (government) and is a part of Tórshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.
The parliament met here for the first time in the Viking ages when Norwegian colonists placed their Ting (parliament) here in 825. It is one of the oldest parliamentary meeting places in the world.
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Coloured pencils Faber-Castell on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm,.
The Viking Age, during the Norse colonization of North America.
Vinland was a coastal region of North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, almost five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. The name appears in the Vinland sagas, written in the early 13th century, which recount the stories of the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red. It describes an area beyond Greenland, Helluland, and Markland. (Wikipedia)
The burial ground of LINDHOLM HOJE, Nr. Sundby, Northern Jutland, Denmark.
Here you see only a small part of the excavation. There are more than 300 of those stone-setting graves.
I've been thinking about doing steel wool photography for several years and finally got around to it. It was more difficult than I expected, but after some trial and error shots we started to get the hang of it. This, for instance, is a composite of three separate edits of a RAW file, and I'm pointing a flashlight at the runestone. Fortunately I had great help from my friend Leonard Östlund. He's with the metal band Means End, you should go check them out!
Lindholm Høje
Lindholm Høje (Lindholm Hills, from Old Norse haugr, hill or mound) is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg in Denmark.
The southern (lower) part of Lindholm Høje dates to 1000 – 1050 AD, the Viking Age, while the northern (higher) part is significantly earlier, dating back to the 5th century AD. Remains of villages have been found. The majority of the burials discovered were cremations, although a number of inhumations were also discovered. The pre-Viking Age burials were under mounds. Of the later graves, some women's graves appear to be distinguished by placement of rocks in a circle or oval, but most of the graves are marked with rocks either in a triangle or in the traditional shape of a boat (stone ship). The ship settings constitute the largest assemblage of well-preserved examples extant. The shape and size of the grave outline apparently indicate the status of the person – all of which is reminiscent of the ship burials of the Anglo-Saxons, Norwegian and Swedish Vikings and other ancient Germanic societies.
Braids
In September this year the five Viking-Age Ring Fortresses were admitted on the Unesco World Heritage list.
This small series is from a Viking Crafts Market at Aggersborg the last weekend in August.
These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg and Borgring were positioned strategically near important land and sea routes, and each made use of the natural topography of their surrounding landscape for defensive purposes. They are an emblematic demonstration of the centralized power of the Jelling Dynasty, and a testimony to the socio-political transformations that the Danish realm underwent in the late 10th century.
Scenes from Midgardsblot Metalfestival 2019. The festival is held at Midgard Vikingsenter, Borre. This was the last Midgardsblot before the plague hit us, and everything was shut down for two whole seasons. It will be back next year, in full force!
Joe is an old crow which come and get goodies by Frank every day when he has emptied the eel-traps.
Joe has no confidence in anyone other than Frank
Op kl L... og Go'morn Roskilde. 5 timer på fjorden, landgang på Bognæs med kæmpende Dåvildt i bagrunden. Lidt fiskeri på hjemturen med 4 havørrede, 1 flot Skrubbe + 2 flotte Aborrer... Øjj mand sikke en dag jeg lige måtte dele med jer :-)