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On assignment for the museum of archaeology in Oslo, at Bjornstad, Oestfold-06

Pictures taken from the excavation on Bjornstad near Sarpsborg, where Aage Olsen gave the archaeologists a helping hand with his metaldetector.

Picture down to the left: The boat is showing. On the picture under: The Archies are standing and admiring the remains of what once was a viking ship.Reconstructions of graves

The picture belowe is showing a chambertomb, it has been plundered in the past.
Picture belowe shows a piece of jewellery in bronze with glas found by Aage Olsen.probably burnt with the dead(not Aage that is! :-))
There was several coffinburrials. See picture on the left.While the very visible "foot-ring" on the picture on the right is showing a grave from the romantime from 200-400AD as the oldest grave.

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