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a weaving technique that has also been archaeologically proven in early medieval textile finds

The shield is painted so lifelike that it looks like you can see the grain of the wood through the paint

This type represents a further development of bearded axes that were already used from the Late Roman period

By the late 16th century

An undyed natural-coloured shirt as worn during the Renaissance period

snake amulet gording 10th 11th century silvered bronze Viking en Saxon tenten a weaving technique that hasThis pendant is a detailed replica of a Viking Age snake amulet found in Grding, Denmark. The original was made of solid gold, made in a refined granulation technique, possibly depicts an asp and dates from the late Viking Age, around the year 1000. The snake had great symbolic meaning in Viking mythology: on the one hand it stood for life, renewal and rejuvenation, on the other hand for death, poison and destruction. A snake amulet was supposed to