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Svend Illum Hansen
Saved by a voice from the underworld
In the summer of 1984, I was working to restore Sprove Barrow. Although one of the boulders at the …
Henning Ringgaard Lauridsen
Cherries for the King
King Frederik VI visited Viborg in 1824 and inspected the cluster of burial mounds near Bruunshaab …
Pernille Foss
Religious rituals
Although palisades and ditches tend to be associated with fortifications, there is no indication…
Pernille Foss
The sun temple
The circles of timber posts – the woodhenges – on Rispebjerg were used in ritual acts. Their…
Ole Grøn
The world's oldest root-canal work
When the Hulbjerg passage grave was excavated, archaeologists found the remains of 40 individuals…
Torben Dehn
5,000-year-old construction flaw
Working onMegalithic graves inspires colossal respect for the Stone Age 'engineers'. My…
Torben Dehn
A mystery to me
In preparing for a lecture in Holbæk on the region's passage graves, I used the copier to…
Torben Dehn
Divine alliance
" Duality is a common feature of barrows and passage graves; hence the term 'twin' or…
Torben Dehn
Stone Age mortar
" While the multi-ton megaliths are the most striking features of the passage graves, they are …
Torben Dehn
Young teacher saves burial monuments
There is not much land that has not been brought under cultivation since the last cremations of the…
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