One of the most frequently occuring motifs in rock carving is the ship, often highly decorated and manned with rowers
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One of the most frequently occuring motifs in rock carving is the ship, often highly decorated and manned with rowers

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One of the most frequently occuring motifs in rock carving is the ship, often highly decorated and manned with rowers, Among the proposed interpretations are that of the ship carrying the sun across the sky and that of a funeral cult. Here ships and oxen are depicted. Sweden. Boat Axe culture. Bronze Age. Bohuslan Province.

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Werner Forman Archive

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