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title: Gamla Uppsala, Royal Mounds
author: Georgios Karamanis
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14650/gamla-uppsala-royal-mounds/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Gamla Uppsala, Royal Mounds
_Authored by Georgios Karamanis_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14650.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) mounds at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Legend has it that three Norse gods - [Odin](https://www.worldhistory.org/odin/), [Thor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thor/), and [Freyr](https://www.worldhistory.org/Freyr/) - were buried under each and the site where the [Temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of Uppsala once stood was sacred to them. Excavations of the mounds and site in the 19th century proved them to be burial mounds for royalty, but the remains, some cremated, could not be identified.
## Cite This Work
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Karamanis, G. (2021, September 23). Gamla Uppsala, Royal Mounds. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[](https://flickr.com/photos/karamanis/1428749287/)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://flickr.com/photos/karamanis/1428749287/) by [**Georgios Karamanis**](https://flickr.com/photos/karamanis/1428749287/). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 23 September 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.