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The two greatest stone ships at Anund's barrow in Sweden.
Stone ships on Gotland, Sweden

The stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany, and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded by slabs or stones in the shape of a boat or ship. The ships vary in size and were erected from c. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE.

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Stone ship

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The stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany, and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded...

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Jelling stone ship

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stone ship is a stone ship, the longest known to have existed, remains of which lie under the two royal barrows at Jelling, Denmark. The Jelling ship...

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Stone structures

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Easter Island Egyptian Pyramids Medicine wheels Stone circle Stone circle (Iron Age) Stonehenge Stone ship See also: Petroforms Rock art Inukshuk v t e...

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Norse funeral

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Denmark. A prominent tradition is that of the ship burial, where the deceased was laid in a boat, or a stone ship, and given grave offerings in accordance...

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Menhir

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Standing stone carved into a human shape Stone circle – Ring of standing stones Stone row – Linear row of standing stones. Also stone alignment. Stone ship –...

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Jelling stones

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Gorm's runestone Boris stones — similar landmarks in Belarus Curmsun Disc Bornholm amulet Haraldskær Woman Jelling stone ship — a ship setting that lay between...

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Stone Fleet

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The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships (mostly whaleships) purchased in New Bedford and other New England ports, loaded with stone, and sailed...

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Megalith

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megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. There are over...

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Infinity Stones

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collect all six Stones by decimating Xandar to obtain the Power Stone. He then tracks down the Space Stone and intercepts the Asgardian ship on its way to...

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Ship burial

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A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave...

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Fire and Stone

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also the former crew from Prometheus Fire and Stone, the pair eventually lure the Engineer onto the ship they arrived in and detonate it. Without a way...

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List of types of funerary monument

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any stone-built receptacle) Recumbent effigy Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel Stone ship Church monuments English church monuments Ledger stone Monumental...

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Picture stone

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A picture stone, image stone or figure stone is an ornate slab of stone, usually limestone, which was raised in Germanic Iron Age or Viking Age Scandinavia...

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Stone frigate

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from ruling over land, so the land was commissioned as a ship. The command of this first stone frigate was given to Commodore Hood's first lieutenant,...

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Red Rocks Park

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designed by Burnam Hoyt within the area between two massive slabs of Red stone (Ship Rock and Creation Rock). Denver Mayor Ben Stapleton resisted developing...

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Glossary of watercraft types in service of the United States

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sternwheel steamer. Any ship that was a member of the stone fleet during the American Civil War. The old sunken ships were loaded with stone, and used by the...

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Nordic Bronze Age

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the Nordic Bronze Age depict ships, and the large stone burial monuments known as stone ships. Those sites suggest that ships and seafaring played an important...

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Rai stones

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thrones, with one stone serving as seat and another as the back rest. The first clear report of a rai stone is from a British ship log entry dated 23...

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Kenneth Cope

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Theatre, " The Duenna" (1953); "The Bridge" (1953) as Robert Nason; "The Stone Ship" (1959) as Leading Telegraphist Marshall Johnny, You're Wanted, "Blind...

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Jelling

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a large stone ship from around the end of the 9th century. Between the two mounds stand two rune stones, the Jelling stones. Near the stones, Gorm's son...

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Vendel Period

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related to the house of Wuffingas. Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern Ship burial Stone ship Harrison (2009), p. 68 Harrison (2009), pp. 21-23 Västhögen. "Västhögen"...

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Russian rescue ship Kommuna

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Kommuna is a submarine rescue ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel. A catamaran, she...

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