Bronze Age burial monument. Tjelvars Ship Tumulus. Typical graveform of stones raised in the form of a ship. Gotland 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 facts throw a slightly different light. Gotland was inhabited already in the Stone-Age and the custom of these kind of burial monuments was introduced to Baltic area only in the Bronze Age.

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

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