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Partially excavated archaeological wonders in Sweden · Mysteria

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Partially excavated archaeological wonders in Sweden

3 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Megaliths

Archaeological wonders 🇸🇪 Sweden Partially excavated Clear all

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith

Ales Stones – Kåseberga Stone Ship

Late Iron Age Vendel–Viking transition · Scandinavian Late Vendel to Viking (pre-Christian)

59-stone 67-m Viking Age stone ship aligned solstitially over the Baltic at Kåseberga.

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress

Torsburgen

Migration Period → Viking Age 400–1100 Gotland fornborg · Gotlandic Iron Age Gutar → Viking Age

Torsburgen (Thors Burg) — largest Gotland hillfort (fornborg) Migration–Viking Age (c.400–1100) on Tors limestone plateau 71 m a.s.l., Kräklingbo, eastern Gotland.

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith

Tanum Rock Carvings (Hällristningar Tanum)

Bronze Age · Nordic Bronze Age (Bohuslän rock art tradition)

UNESCO Bohuslän rock art — 600 panels / 2500 pecked figures (ships, sun, ploughs) on granite, 1700–500 BCE.