Ales stenar (IMAGE)

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Ales stenar

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Ales stenar (Ale’s Stones) in southern Sweden, a monumental Iron Age stone ship-setting overlooking the Baltic Sea, dating to c. 600–1000 CE and broadly coinciding with the period of back-migration into the region. From left: Eske Willerslev, senior author; Hugh McColl, lead author.

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Nicolas Delgado Clausen

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