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Third shot of the Pontiac Streamliner ’41 (and as usual – click to view in full size)
Pontiac Streamliner ’41
The typical church of Skåne (and Denmark).
Typical church of Skåne (and Denmark)
Bronze age foot carvings and burial mound
I had been looking for this place for quite a while as I’ve read about the carvings in a book from the early 20th century.
This is a bronze age burial mound , on top of it is a rock with feet carvings.
The symbol of the foot is often found in connection with a female figure – suggesting a connection. Some scholars have even proposed that the foot is a symbol of the ancient goddess Nerthus (mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus in the first century AD in his famous work “Germania” where he met with the remote Suebi tribes.
Bronze Age burial mound, Trelleborg, Sweden
Bronze age foot petroglyph (rock carving)
House marks
Before literacy was wide spread, the use of house marks was common, resembling runes these marks were often used on houses. These were found on one of the pillars inside a medieval pigrimage church in Scania, near the church is a sacred spring believed to be from the pre-christian, pagan time – thus this has been a site of religious importance for a very long time.
house marks
Portrait: My son
Scandinavian boy
Who I am
This is me, and my wife Jenny in India a couple of months ago.
I live in Sweden and have a keen interest in history and photography.
Shooting with a Nikon D300 (though some of the older photos have been shot using the excellent D70; my first *real* camera)
200 000 views. And a big THANK YOU!
A lot of traffic to my blog has come from people interested in cat photography, months ago I decided to drop the cats from this blog – instead creating a new blog for LaPerm cats only. So here’s another link to the LaPerm blog:
Thank you very much for all the positive feedback I’ve had from you all!
LaPerm cat
Megalith – The king’s dolmen
Back to Scandinavia, this is the 4500 year old King’s Dolmen, in Västra Torp, Skåne, Sweden.
February will be the month of my self-imposed computer embargo, so I have but on more day to post.
King’s Dolmen Megalith, Västra Torp, Sweden
Summer noon
Summer noon
Kiln at the southernmost point of the Scandinavian peninsula
Once upon a time kilns like these were used to produce quicklime – hence the name “Limekiln”.
Limekiln in Smygehuk, the southernmost point of the Scandinavian peninsula
Megalith; Erkes dös
Erkedösen also known as Erkes Dös, or Erkes Dolmen is a passage grave dating from the Middle Neolithic era. It is set on a mound 1.5 meters high and 17 meters wide.
Megalith – Erkes dös. Neolithic passage grave.
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