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Steuer argues that finds of sacrificial places enclosed with a palisade in England indicate that similarly enclosed areas in northern Germany and Jutland may have been holy sites. [266] Large fire pits near settlements, found in many sites including those from the Bronze Age, the pre-Roman Iron Age, and the migration period, probably served as ...
The two highlight the instruction in the Old English Æcerbot for the speaker to "turn to the east and bow nine times", the Nine Herbs Charm, and a variety of other items as examples. [ 3 ] As highlighted by scholar Leszek Gardeła ( National Museum of Denmark ), "surviving sagas and poems reveal that certain numbers held special significance ...
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Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement; Huriawa Peninsula - Te Pa a Te Wera, Reserve, and archeological sites; Motutapu Island - Site of many settlements and early Maori manufacturing
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The north portal of the 12th-century Urnes stave church has been interpreted as containing depictions of snakes and dragons that represent Ragnarök. [1]In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (/ ˈ r æ ɡ n ə r ɒ k / ⓘ RAG-nə-rok or / ˈ r ɑː ɡ-/ RAHG-; [2] [3] [4] Old Norse: Ragnarǫk [ˈrɑɣnɑˌrɒk]) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous ...
The Tollense valley. The find site is near Burow, in the upper half. In 1996, a volunteer conservationist reported finding a humerus bone at the Tollense riverside at low water with an embedded arrowhead made of flint. [4] Preliminary archaeological excavations began the same year around this site and further human and animal bones were found. [5]
The largest site in the area is the Tall Zira'a which comprises over 5000 years of settlement history. At this place in 2001 a survey was conducted. At this place in 2001 a survey was conducted. In 2003 started the first excavation of a long term project which is scheduled until 2020.