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Gamla Uppsala, the centre of worship in Viking Sweden until the temple was destroyed in the late 11th century.


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The Trundholm sun chariot, from the late Nordic Bronze Age, at display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet) in Denmark.


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The Vimose Comb, dated to ca. 160 CE, containing the oldest datable Germanic language runic inscription found to date.


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The Teutoburg Forest, the site of the famous Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, in Autumn.


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A 19th century artist's rendition of campaigning Goths as described by their 3rd - 4th century Roman adversaries.



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Ceremonial helmet found at the 6th - 7th century Anglo-Saxon cemetery of Sutton Hoo.



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Reconstruction of the 7th century six-stringed lyre discovered at the Sutton Hoo ship burial.



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The Tjängvide image stone.



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"The Girl Who Finds The Gold Horn" (1906) by Harald Slott-Møller depicts the discovery in 1639 of first of the two Golden Horns of Gallehus by a peasant girl in Denmark.


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The first page of the Beowulf manuscript.