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Gamla Uppsala, Royal Mounds
Burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Legend has it that three Norse gods - Odin, Thor, and Freyr - were buried under each and the site where the Temple of Uppsala once stood was sacred to them. Excavations of the mounds and site in the...
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Celtic Burial Mounds
Reconstructions of Celtic burial mounds dating to the La Tène period (5th to 1st century BCE). The mounds were surrounded by circular ditches of 0.6 metres and 1.2 metres. European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim, Germany / France...
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Pharr Mounds 1, Natchez Trace
Pharr Mounds 1, Natchez Trace, Mississippi.
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Rus Burial Mounds, Staraja Ladoga
Rus burial mounds dating to the 8-1oth century CE near Straraja Ladoga, Russia.
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Etowah Indian Mounds
As I was kayaking on the Etowah river, I pulled over to film these aerials of the Etowah Indian Mounds. My drone is the Mavic 2 Zoom and you can see a good use of the zoom lens on a close up of the Temple mound. At no time did I fly directly...
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Artist's Conception of Watson Brake Mounds, Louisiana
Artist's conception of the prehistoric Native American site of Watson Brake, Louisiana, dated to c. 3500 BCE.
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Neolithic Mounds at Knowth
Knowth near Slane, County Meath, Ireland
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Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church (UNESCO/NHK)
The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people towards the middle of the 10th century A.D...
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Ten North American Native Facts You Need To Know
The history and culture of the Native Peoples of North America are often overlooked as they have been largely eclipsed by the history of the European settlers who colonized the region beginning in the 17th century. The original inhabitants...
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Temple at Uppsala
The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center dedicated to the Norse gods Thor, Odin, and Freyr located in what is now Gamla Uppsala in Sweden. It is described by the 11th-century historian Adam of Bremen as the most significant pagan site...