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Nordic Bronze Age

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Trundholm Sun Chariot
late Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark
Rock Carvings in Tanum
archaeological site in Sweden
Nordic Bronze Age
Bronze Age in Scandinavia
stone ship
type of megalithic monument
Ale's Stones
stone ship in Ystad, Sweden
Egtved Girl
Bronze age girl found in a Danish burial mound
lur
thumb|180px|right|A Bronze Age lur found in Brudevælte Mose, northeast of Lynge in Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand, [[Denmark]] thumb|180px|right|class=notpageimage |A modern lur from Norway, made of wood wrapped in birch bark A lur, also lure or lurr, is a long natural horn without finger holes that is played with a brass-type embouchure. Lurs can be straight or curved in various shapes. The purpose of the curves was to make long instruments easier to carry (e.g. for marching, like the modern sousaphone) and to avoid directing the loud noise at nearby people.
The King's Grave
nordic bronze age grave in Kivik, southern Sweden
horned helmet
helmet with horns
Håga kurgan
tumulus in Uppsala, Sweden
Skrydstrup Woman
bronze age woman found in a tumulus in Denmark
Borremose bodies
three bog bodies found in the Borremose peat bog in Himmerland, Denmark
Sagaholm
Sagaholm is the site of Bronze Age burial mounds (Sagaholmshögen). Sagaholm is located in Ljungarums parish just south of Jönköping in Småland, Sweden. thumb|250 px|Sagaholmshögen)
Veksø helmets
2 bronze helmets found near Veksø, Denmark
Agri Bavnehøj
hill in Denmark
Borremose
Borremose is a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark south east of the town of Aars. The name translates directly as 'Borre'-bog, where 'Borre' might well be a derivation of the old word burgh meaning fortified place, as seen in many other place-names.
Tofta socken
socken in Gotland, Sweden, comprising the same area as the district
Balkåkra Ritual Object
The Brudevælte Lurs
six well-preserved lurs found in Denmark that can still be played.
Stenkyrka socken
Stenkyrka is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Stenkyrka District, established on 1January 2016.