Megalithic Portal: Latest from Denmark

Maglemose

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:48:56 GMT

]]>. Early Neolithic site in Denmark The type site for the Maglemosian Culture, an early Neolithic period people in Scandinavia.

Vedb�k mesolithic cemetery

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:05:38 GMT

. A Mesolithic cemetery of the Erteb�lle culture. The cemetry comprises one empty grave, sixteen single burials, two double and one triple burial. Both double burials consist of a female and an infant, perhaps women who died in childbirth. The richest burial of Vedb�k is that of one of the juvenile women, who was buried together with a baby on a swan�s wing

Dansk Nationalmuseet

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:01:18 GMT

]]>Subversive captions in the prehistory galleries at Denmark�s National Museum. Museum in Frederiksborg. Exhibits include "Danmarks Oldtid" where you can see archaeological finds like the Trundholm Chariot, the Gundestrup cauldrom, and the woman from Huldremose bog body.

Voldtofte Luseh�j

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:33:50 GMT

]]>Ancient stinging nettles reveal Bronze Age trade connections around Europe. The Luseh�j Round Barrow on the island Fyn is one of the largest round barrows in Denmark. It has a diameter of 36 m and is 6 m high. First excavations were carried out by Frederick the 7th in 1861. They found a stone cist from the bronze age.

Soldiers preserved in peat bog near Alken

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:14:04 GMT

. Bones of 200 soldiers from time of Christ so well preserved in bog that their DNA can be studied. Danish archaeologists have re-opened a mass grave of scores of slaughtered Iron Age warriors to find new clues about their fate and the bloody practices of Germanic tribes on the edge of the Roman Empire.

Horsens Museum

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:53:15 GMT

]]>New archaeological find reveals wooden paddles and bow underwater in remains of Mesolithic settlement. Museum in Denmark with collections of prehistoric material.

Priorskov H�jene

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:08:19 GMT

. Two large oval barrows. Situated only 30m from each other and located inside a small patch of woodland. Surrounded by a field and on private territory of Priorskov manor (ask for permission)

Strandby Vartov Dysse

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:18:06 GMT

]]>. Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Odense (Fyn North)

N�by Rundh�j

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:42:59 GMT

]]>. Round Barrow(s) in Pr�st� (incl. M�n)

Bagenkop Vestervej Rundh�j

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:34:22 GMT

]]>. Round Barrow(s) in Svendborg (Fyn South + Langeland)