Bronze Age burial monument. Tjelvars Ship Tumulus Typical grave image of stones raised in the form of a , Sweden.

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This beautiful setting measures 18 × 5 meters. Found in the Monument: A cist with incinerated bones and vessel fragments. According to Guta Legends it is the grave of Tjelvar the first man to discover the island Gotland in the Baltic. Dated to ca 750 BC. The ship setting nevertheles, is a younger monument than the first human invasions of the island which took place around 4000 BC. Gotland Baltic sea Sweden

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Size: 3415px × 5122px
Location: Gotland Sweden
Photo credit: © Ladi Kirn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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