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Raknehaugen
Rakni's Mound ( no, Raknehaugen) is a large mound at Ullensaker in Akershus county, Norway. It is the largest free-standing prehistoric monument in Norway and is one of the largest Tumulus, barrows in Northern Europe. It dates to the Migration Age and has been the subject of three archaeological investigations. Description and location The mound is 77 metres in diameter and over 15 metres in height,Rakni's Mound—The Largest Barrow in Northern Europe , Rakni's Mound, Akershus Kulturnett. the largest in Scandinavia.Frans-Arne Stylegar "Raknehaugen" ''Store norske leksikon'' online, retrieved 19 January 2012 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raknehaugen Burial Mound
Rakni's Mound ( no, Raknehaugen) is a large mound at Ullensaker in Akershus county, Norway. It is the largest free-standing prehistoric monument in Norway and is one of the largest Tumulus, barrows in Northern Europe. It dates to the Migration Age and has been the subject of three archaeological investigations. Description and location The mound is 77 metres in diameter and over 15 metres in height,Rakni's Mound—The Largest Barrow in Northern Europe , Rakni's Mound, Akershus Kulturnett. the largest in Scandinavia.Frans-Arne Stylegar "Raknehaugen" ''Store norske leksikon'' online, retrieved 19 January 2012 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raknehaugen
Rakni's Mound ( no, Raknehaugen) is a large mound at Ullensaker in Akershus county, Norway. It is the largest free-standing prehistoric monument in Norway and is one of the largest Tumulus, barrows in Northern Europe. It dates to the Migration Age and has been the subject of three archaeological investigations. Description and location The mound is 77 metres in diameter and over 15 metres in height,Rakni's Mound—The Largest Barrow in Northern Europe , Rakni's Mound, Akershus Kulturnett. the largest in Scandinavia.Frans-Arne Stylegar "Raknehaugen" ''Store norske leksikon'' online, retrieved 19 January 2012 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Grieg
Sigurd Jebsen Grieg (22 August 1894 – 3 November 1973) was a Norwegian museologist and archeologist. He was director of the Sandvig Collections at Maihaugen in Lillehammer. He is most associated with the excavation of Raknehaugen, a prehistoric burial barrow located at Ullensaker in Akershus, Norway. Biography He was born in the borough of Fana in the city of Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Bergen-based book publisher, John Grieg (1856–1905). and Marie Justine Agnethe Jebsen (1862–1943). He earned his Master's Degree (1923) and PhD (1926) from the University of Oslo. Then he was for several years been employed at the university's Antiquities Collection as an assistant and curator. From 1924 to 1946, he was administrative manager of the university's Antiquities Collection (''Universitetets Oldsaksamling'') now the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo. Grieg conducted an extensive investigation of Raknehaugen at Ullensaker beginning in summer 1939. Before work could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullensaker
Ullensaker is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Jessheim. It has a population of 40,459 inhabitants. Norway's largest international airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Ullensaker'' farm. The name is first recorded in 1300 as ''Ullinshof''. The first element is the genitive case of the name ''Ullinn'' (a sideform of ''Ullr''). The last element was originally ''Heathen hofs, hof'' which means "temple", but this was later (around 1500 AD) changed to ''aker'' meaning "acre" or "field (agriculture), field". Coat-of-arms Ullensaker does not have an heraldic Coat of arms, coat-of-arms properly granted. The municipality uses a non-heraldic Coat of arms of Ullensaker, badge that is fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, may also originally have been a tumulus. Tumuli are often categorised according to their external apparent shape. In this respect, a long barrow is a long tumulus, usually constructed on top of several burials, such as passage graves. A round barrow is a round tumulus, also commonly constructed on top of burials. The internal structure and architecture of both long and round barrows has a broad range; the categorization only refers to the external apparent shape. The method of may involve a dolmen, a cist, a mortuary enclosure, a mortuary house, or a chamber tomb. Examples of barrows include Duggleby Howe and Maeshowe. Etymology The word ''tumulus'' is Latin for 'mound' or 'small hill', which is derived from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thing (assembly)
A thing, german: ding, ang, þing, enm, thing. (that is, "assembly" or folkmoot) was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place at regular intervals, usually at prominent places that were accessible by travel. They provided legislative functions, as well as being social events and opportunities for trade. In modern usage, the meaning of this word in English and other languages has shifted to mean not just an assemblage of some sort but simply an object of any sort. Earliest reference and etymology The first detailed description of a thing was made by Tacitus in AD 98. Tacitus suggested that the things were annual delegate-based meetings that served legal and military functions. The oldest written reference of the thing is on a stone pillar found along Hadrian's Wall at Housestead in the UK. It is dated AD 43-410 and reads: "DEO MARTI THINCSO ET DUABUS ALAISIAGIS BEDE ET FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenotaph
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenotaphs honour individuals, many noted cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the lost soldiers of a country or of an empire. Etymology The word "cenotaph" in the English Language is derived from the Greek el, κενοτάφιον, kenotaphion, label=none. It is a compound word that is created from the morphological combination of two root words: # el, κενός, kenos, label=none meaning "empty" # el, τάφος, taphos, label=none meaning "tomb", from el, θαπτω, thapto, I bury, label=none History Cenotaphs were common in the ancient world. Many were built in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and across Northern Europe (in the shape of Neolithic barrows). The cenotaph in Whitehall, Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Cultural History, Oslo
Museum of Cultural History ( no, Kulturhistorisk museum, KHM) is an association of museums subject to the University of Oslo, Norway. KHM was established in 1999 as ''Universitetets kulturhistoriske museum'' with the merging of the bodies ''Universitetets Oldsaksamling'' which housed a collection of ancient and medieval objects, Viking Ship Museum (''Vikingskipshuset'') at Bygdøy, the Coin Cabinet (''Myntkabinettet'') and Ethnographic Museum (''Etnografisk samling''). In 2004 the name was changed to ''Kulturhistorisk museum''. The activities of the Museum of Cultural History are currently localized in four main buildings in Oslo city centre: Historical Museum at Frederiks gate 2 and Frederiks gate 3 and administration at St. Olavs gate 29, as well as the Viking Ship Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula.Anne-Sofie Hjemdah''Historisk museum – norsk museumsbygning i Oslo'' (Store norske leksikon)/ref> The Museum of Cultural History is one of Norway's largest cultural history museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagfinn Skre
Dagfinn is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Dagfinn Aarskog (1928–2014), Norwegian physician * Dagfinn Aarskog (bobsleigh) (born 1973), Norwegian bobsledder * Dagfinn Bakke (1933–2019), Norwegian painter, illustrator and printmaker * Dagfinn Dahl (1887–1967), Norwegian barrister * Dagfinn Dekke (1908–1982), Norwegian jurist and civil servant *Dagfinn Flem (1906–1976), Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and translator *Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932), Norwegian-American philosopher * Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl (1937–2016), Norwegian physician *Dagfinn Grønoset (1920–2008), Norwegian journalist and writer *Dagfinn Habberstad (born 1941), Norwegian trade unionist and civil servant * Dagfinn Hauge (1908–2007), Norwegian writer and Lutheran bishop * Dagfinn Hjertenes (1943–2006), Norwegian politician *Dagfinn Høybråten (born 1957), Norwegian politician *Dagfinn Kjeholt (1912–2005), Norwegian naval officer * Dagfinn Koch (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Age Scandinavia
Iron Age Scandinavia (or Nordic Iron Age) was the Iron Age, as it unfolded in Scandinavia. Beginnings The 6th and 5th centuries BC were a tipping point for exports and imports on the European continent. The ever-increasing conflicts and wars between the central European Celtic tribes and the Mediterranean cultures destabilized old major trade routes and networks between Scandinavia and the Mediterranean, eventually breaking them down. Archaeology attests a rapid and deep change in the Scandinavian culture and way of life due to various reasons which have not yet been sufficiently analyzed. Agricultural production became more intensified, organized around larger settlements and with a much more labour-intensive production. Slaves were introduced and deployed, something uncommon in the Nordic Bronze Age. The rising power, wealth and organization of the central European tribes in the following centuries did not seem to instigate an increased trade and contact between Scandinavia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world and as one of the leading universities of Northern Europe; the Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it the 58th best university in the world and the third best in the Nordic countries. In 2016, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings listed the university at 63rd, making it the highest ranked Norwegian university. Originally named the Royal Frederick University, the university was established in 1811 as the de facto Norwegian continuation of Denmark-Norway's common university, the University of Copenhagen, with which it shares many traditions. It was named for King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway, and received its current name in 1939. The university was commonly nicknamed "The Royal Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (11 October 1884 – 29 August 1951) was a Norwegian archaeologist. Personal life He was born in Stockholm as a son of professor of geology Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1851–1940) and Antonie Scheel Siewers (1854–1933). He was a grandson of the book printer Anton Wilhelm Brøgger. In September 1909 he married Inger Ursin (1882–1941). He had the sons Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1911–1991) and Niels Christian Brøgger (1914–1966), and through the former, the grandson Jan Brøgger. Career Brøgger finished his secondary education in 1903, but his higher education was sporadic. Without a formal examination, he wrote the paper ''Øxer av Nøstvettypen'', which was published in 1905 by the Norwegian Geological Survey. He participated in the archaeological investigations of Svarthola outside Stavanger, and wrote a report on the first paleolithic kitchen midden found in Norway, published in the ''Annals'' of Stavanger Museum for 1907. Alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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