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Elling Polden
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Scott Kowalski
Location: Oak Lawn, IL USA Joined: 24 Nov 2006
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Very nice find Elling! Now if only I read more then just English and some Spanish.  Oh well, at least pictures are a universal language we can all understand.
Scott
Chris Landwehr 10/10/49-1/1/09 My Mom
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Arne Focke
Industry Professional
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Thanks for posting this!
So schön und inhaltsreich der Beruf eines Archäologen ist, so hart ist auch seine Arbeit, die keinen Achtstundentag kennt! (Wolfgang Kimmig in: Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau, Stuttgart 1983)
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Andrew Pribor
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Amazing link! Great to see photos of the pieces that are not normally published. Thank you for posting.
A.
"The Bow brings grief and sorrow to the foeman; armed with Bow may we sudue all regions."
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Paul Mortimer
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Wonderful stuff, Elling. Many thanks,
Paul
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Tim Lison
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Excellent link! Great stuff there! Thanks very much Elling.
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Shae Bishop
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Elling Polden
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It is bent. You can tell from the shadow of the blade; it touches the table about 3/4ths dow, then bends back up.
Many of the blades have been deliberately been made useless before putting them in the grave, maybe to disuade grave robbers, or as part of a sacreficial rite.
This one is a fav in that category;
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=sverd%...I=85676KHM
"this [fight] looks curious, almost like a game. See, they are looking around them before they fall, to find a dry spot to fall on, or they are falling on their shields. Can you see blood on their cloths and weapons? No. This must be trickery."
-Reidar Sendeman, from King Sverre's Saga, 1201
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Dan Dickinson
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Johan S. Moen
Location: Kristiansand, Norway Joined: 26 Jan 2004
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I like this site, hopefully they'll be getting more pictures up, as well as more accurate dating assigned to pictures. Including excerpts from conservation reports like they do at Historiska Museet in Stockholm would be nice to. Still, good site, especially considering the usual efficiency and userfriendliness of the Norwegian museums...
The only real qualm I have are some of the object definitions assigned to the pictures, such as "Possibly a key?" posted beside a bronze strap divider.... 
Johan Schubert Moen
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Elling Polden
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The university museum picture database has been updated, with a new site, interface and more pictures...
Unfortunately, they are still lacking a "search by period" feature...
Swords:
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...tRecord=60
Axes;
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...Record=420
Spears
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...y=artifact
armour;
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...y=artifact
"this [fight] looks curious, almost like a game. See, they are looking around them before they fall, to find a dry spot to fall on, or they are falling on their shields. Can you see blood on their cloths and weapons? No. This must be trickery."
-Reidar Sendeman, from King Sverre's Saga, 1201
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This is a standard topic