Stone Age burial chamber built of large stone and (originally) covered with soil designed as a long-eyed or round-bottomed
Barrows are also known as Tumuli, burial mounds or kurgans, and may be found throughout much of Denmark
The barrow entrance can be quite narrow
The chamber reeked of corpses, recounted the man who first opened `Klekkendehøj` in 1799
`Klekkendehøj` is a so-called twin passage grave. This means that it has two linked burial chambers, each a long stone-built entrance
Fully dressed deceased with gifts and weapons are brought to the "eternal hunting fields".
`Klekkendehøj` - Double passage grave and terrasse - Grave of the Pentecost Age (4,000-1,700 BC)
It is Denmark`s only ship grave from the Viking period. Around 925 AD, the king of Ladby was buried in his ship, which was 21.5 meters long and 3 meters wide
1:1 reconstruction of a 32 oars warship. Wood cutting and smithie people working the viking way
The Ladby Ship belongs to the category of long ships. Almost everything on the ship was built or crafted by hand by volunteer boat builders under the skilled instruction of a professionally trained boat builder.
"Christ from Aunslev" is considered to be from the first half of the 900s and is thus older than the `Jelling Stone`.
The longship is a reconstruction of a 30 meter long warship, built in 1042
Holds the longest rune entry in Denmark.Rune inscription consists of 210 characters fom first half of the 900s
The beginning of Odense