Images

An aerial view of Einsiedeln Abbey, 31 km south of Zurich, Switzerland. The monastery was founded by the Benedictine monk and hermit Saint Meinrad around c. 835 CE.

A stone from Gotland depicting a Viking drinking scene. (Swedish Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm)

Lycian landscape as found between Apollonia and Aperlae. Photo provided by Peter Sommer Travels, republished with permission.

Lycian tombs at Kyaenai, with Hellenistic theatre in the background. Photo provided by Peter Sommer Travels, republished with permission.

An 18th century CE Icelandic manuscript illustration showing the Norse god Odin in the guise of an eagle which produces the drink mead. (Árni Magnússon Institute, Iceland)

Tombs and Theatre at Xanthos. Photo by Peter Sommer Travels and republished with permission.

View on the ruins of the sunken city of Simena in ancient Lycia, modern-day Turkey. Photo provided by Peter Sommer Travels and republished with permission.

A gulet, a traditional two-masted Turkish sailing boat, anchored on the Lycian coastline. Photography by Peter Sommer Travels, republished with permission.

A reconstruction of a Viking longhouse or mead hall, the great hall of rulers and scene of Norse drinking parties or sumbl. This example, at the ring castle Fyrkat near Hobro, Denmark, is 28.5 metres long.

The golden comb of the Scythians, 4th century BCE. From the mound of Solokha in Ukraine. (Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia)