pompeji on film.

herculaneum on film.

pompeji polaroids

the house with the faun and Alexander mosaic.

crossing the street in 3D.

*this gladiator arena was closed for 10 years in ancient times as a
punishment for a riot that got out of hand.

a grave mound.

i came across this old photo on wikipedia. 

the excavation in 1874 of the western grave mound (it is around

1500 years old ) located in Uppsala, Sweden and i thought 

i should share, it's a pretty photo and i haven't seen it before. 

obbola, part 1. crispy sunny sunday, perfect for a small field trip.

It should have been winter for a month now. But there is still autumn in this country, so, the archaeologist's in us saw a great opportunity to use this day for something really good. Sofi and I packed hot cocoa and went 10 km south of Umeå, out to the town of obbola by the coast to see the grave cairns that are there, which we haven't been to before. We started early in the day, when the sun was the brightest. it was lovely.

three iron age grave cairns.

While we were walking around in the forest, we saw some other ancient monuments. We spent 3 hours out there, mostly wandering around following some random trail, because at first we couldn't find the exact location of the grave field. ie. there was no good road signs for it. we kind of knew where it would be, but not how to get there, so we walked a little bit far too south of it. luckily the forest there at obbola has water on both sides, so there was no chance for us getting completely lost. we were actually really close to the site before we finally found it!

medieval seal hunter's house foundations. swe: tomtning


part 2 and 3 below

en dag i storsjöbygden, del 3. Mjälle hill fort, Frösön

panoramautsikt om det varit lite mindre träd i vägen!

A day in Storsjöbygden, part 2. frösö stone church and iron age grave mounds.

the view from the stone church.

Frösö island was Jämtlands administrative and eocnomic centra during the iron age and medieveal time period. The stone church from around 1100 A.D reminds very much of the stone church in Åre from the same timeperiod. the first stone churches to appear in the north at this time.

At this site, there are iron age hearths and iron age grave mounds. With a darling picture of my sister in front of the two grave mounds. Excuse her silly expression, she doesn't know how to behave(!). We also went into the church. Under the floor at the altar, a birk tree stump was excavated. there were animal bones from the viking age around it. it is interpreted as a viking age offering tree. in other words, an important place. And then when christianity reached these lands, the church was build right on top of it. the grave mounds are thankfully still there!

Sweden's most northern runestone, located on this island, i didnt have time to see!! but i did see the replica at Jamtli museum. It says: "Austmaðr, Guðfastr's son, had this stone raised and this bridge built and Christianized Jämtland. Ásbjörn built the bridge. Trjónn and Steinn carved these runes". The timeperiod is 1030 and 1050 AD (wikipedia).

en dag i storsjöbygden. del 1.

utsikt från frösön.

Spenderat en vecka i Åre och hade ärenden i måndags i kära Östersund. Passade på att hinna med några fornlämningar +Jamtli museet. Oftast när jag åker någonstans så tar jag med bok om arkeologi, om jag har nån över området jag ska besöka.

Denna gång, helt passande, tog jag med "Arkeologi i norr 12" där det fanns 3 artiklar som handlade om just Jämtland. Mycket intressant läsning, särskilt som man faktiskt besöker platserna man läser om och även för att jag har släkt därifrån och delvis uppvuxen där. Överhogdalsbonaderna på Jamtli var jättefina.

I love Jämtland!

arnäsbacken, örnsköldsvik.

I've visited this site a few times, on different excursions but never taken photos, until this time. the late iron age to medieval settlements are located on a small narrow hill with house constructions first and at the end of the hill there are grave mounds. Litterature: Ramqvist, P.H. 1998. Arnäsbacken - en gård från yngre järnålder och medeltid.  Prehistorica. Umeå.

grave mounds:

köpenhamn.

när jag var i köpenhamn så gick jag såklart på nationalmuséet, och det var så roligt att få se dessa förromerska hästbeslag, som jag nämnde i min D-uppsats. allt annat var också jättehäftigt.. bronsåldersföremålen bl a. Det var alldeles för mycket att ta in vid första besöket. måste besökas fler gånger, även glyptoteket! jobbigt att vara nörd ibland, man blir så lätt överväldigad.

translation: when i was in copenhagen i visited both the national museum and the glyptotek. it was amazing to see the things i've only read about in class. they had so many cool things. it was difficult to take it all in at once! really cool to get to see these horse bridles that i mentioned in my D-course essay.

alltså böjningen på svärdet.. jag dör XD
fanns många komiska föremål.

hittade en avdelning med sadlar bland världens folk,
vilket jag tyckte var kul.