Some photos from Stockholm, Birka & Åland, 2001/2

These photos are copyright (c) Bryan Betts and Helma Krüger, of the Temesvikings.

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The town of Birka as it might have been in winter - a model in the Björkö museum (247kB)

Part of Birka, as it is now (205kB)

The Birka guardhouse or warriors' hall is currently being excavated (122kB)

A view of one of the grave fields at Birka (78kB)

Another view of the same grave field at Birka (87kB)

Some of the colours available from natural dyes, on show at the Saltvik Viking festival, Åland (256kB) (the costumes are not too historically accurate, though!)

Viking age burial mounds near Godby, Åland (61kB)

A reconstructed Stone Age hunters shelter at Langbergsöda, Åland (127kB)

Part of the Spillings treasure, on show at the Stockholm Historical Museum - thousands of coins and hundreds of arm, neck and finger rings were found on Gotland in three hoards totalling some 76 kilos of silver (329kB)

This runestone was discovered during building work at Stockholm Arlanda airport and is on display there (143kB)