Scania
A Region in Europe

The Scanian history in a nutshell
 

The Stone Age

Pic: Stone age
 

9000 - 1800 BC

Stone age
The grave of the Barum woman, from the shore of Lake Opmanna, dates back to about 7700 BC. It is the oldest Nordic grave finding. Scania was populated by the Megalite farming community about 9000 BC.

1800 - 500 BC

Bronze age
Mysterious carving from about 1000-1200 BC are showing processions, offerings and symbolic drawings suggesting the existence of a death cult. It is the strangest and largest Nordic Bronze age mound.

500 BC - 400 AC

Iron age
The Kåseberga ship - the grave of King Ale. The largest Nordic stone grave ship.

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