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Pieces of Eight from the Whydah
A quantity of silver pieces of eight taken from the Whydah shipwreck. The ship was captained by the pirate Samuel Bellamy, aka ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy, who died in the wreck off Cape Cod in 1717. The wreck was re-discovered...
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Treasure Chest
A reproduction treasure chest.
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Legio XXI Rapax Soldiers
Reenactors of Legio XXI Rapax.
Photo by Tomasz Przywecki, 2018.
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Viking Age Comb
Bone/antler comb from Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden.
The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.
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Norse Clothing as Depicted in the Vikings
Norse clothing as depicted in the TV show Vikings.
Photo by Bernard Walsh - © Photographer: Jonathan Hession.
© History Channel
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Boy Pirate by William Meade Prince
A 1921 painting of a boy dressed as a pirate by William Meade Prince (1893-1951). (Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, USA)
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Temple at Uppsala as Depicted in the Vikings
Temple at Uppsala as Depicted in History Channel's TV show Vikings.
©2013 History Channel
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Gamla Uppsala, Bell Tower
Bell Tower at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden, site of the Norse Temple at Uppsala, which was destroyed by King Inge of Sweden, c. 1080.
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Gamla Uppsala, Royal Mounds
Burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Legend has it that three Norse gods - Odin, Thor, and Freyr - were buried under each and the site where the Temple of Uppsala once stood was sacred to them. Excavations of the mounds...
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Temple at Uppsala
The Norse Temple at Uppsala dedicated to Thor, Odin, and Freyr, as described by Adam of Bremen and depicted in Book 3 of the Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus by Olaus Magnus, 1555.
