The PYRAMIDS of the NORTH
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Did you know that the largest burial mounds in Scandinavia in reality were pyramids? Watch as I walk up the largest one, Rakni's Mound, which is 77 meters in diameter and was built using 75,000 stacked logs from 30,000 trees! But are there even larger mounds in Scandinavia which have yet to be discovered? This one must have been impressive before they poured sand on top of it.
EDIT: I see some people think I say this place Romerike (Raumariki) means the kingdom of the Romans, though I should have been more specific. I was thinking about the clan or descendents of Raum the Old, who was a legendary king and son of the great King Nor:
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Since I mention the Battle of Svolder, here is a golden moment in history, which is the best thing a Dane has ever written about Norwegians;) Written to explain the reasons why the Danish and Swedish kings had to fight King Olav Trygvasson at the Battle of Svolder:
This is the typical Norwegian manner: stupidity and spite!
They will stop at nothing so inappropriate as to abuse a noble woman’s trust,
step maliciously on a married woman’s honour and return love with humiliation.
Nay, anyone who chooses to treat those people in a kind and welcoming manner,
is truly exhausting their good deeds.
Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum X, ca. 1.200 CE.
In Danish:
Sådan er norsk høflighed: humbug og hånlatter!
De holder sig ikke tilbage fra noget så uanstændigt som at misbruge en højfornem kvindes tillid, trampe forakteligt på en gift kvindes ære og gengælde kærlighed med ydmygelse.
Nei, den der behandler det folk venligt og indladende, spilder virkelig sine gode gerninger.
Further reading:
Rakni's Mound: en.wikipedia.o...
The ancient kingdom Raumariki (now Romerike),
mentioned by the Goth Jordanes in the 6th century: en.wikipedia.o...
The Battle of Svolder where King Olav Trygvasson fought the kings of Sweden and
Denmark and Earl Eirik Hákonarson: en.wikipedia.o...
The longship Ormen Lange (The Long Serpent):
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The Earls of Lade: en.wikipedia.o...
Lade in Trondheim: en.wikipedia.o...
Photos:
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Sturla you have an amazing and worthwhile job.
Our ancestors should not be forgotten. We still have a lot to learn about them and also a lot to learn from them.
Click for additional information to visitors at the Rakni's mound in Romerike, Norway:
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And don't forget to check out the coolest/worst thing a Dane has ever written about Norwegians in the text below the video:) EDIT: I see some people think I say
this place Romerike (Raumariki) means the kingdom of the Romans, though I should have been more specific. I was thinking about the clan or descendents of Raum the Old, who was a legendary king and son of the great King Nor:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romerike
Your video content has become a staple of my exposure to Scandinavian history. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the view up there. One point though, Romerike doesn't mean Roman Reich/Rik, and according to Wikipedia: The Old Norse form of the name was Raumaríki, but the name must be much older (see below). The first element is the genitive plural of raumr m ("person from Romerike"); the final element is ríki n ("kingdom, reich"; cf. Ringerike, Rånrike). In the Hversu Noregr byggdist and in Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar, the name is attributed to the mythical king Raum the Old (Raumr inn gamli). According to the latter saga, the members of the family were big and ugly, and because of this big and ugly people were called "great Raumar".
... awesome presentation ... thx for your amazing work
Aryans and pyramids, going together like bread and butter.
Super interesting! Wish there was technology to see deep into the mounds and see what is there.
Coming soon, Annie. I'm certain of it:)
Thanks for sharing my friend. I would love to travel to such locations.
Beautiful scenery! It makes sense that the bigger the boat, the larger the mound/pyramid. Sounds like you have a workable theory.
I enjoyed speaking with you in person the other day ☀️
Likewise, Brenda! Thanks and skål
Thank you. I honestly appreciate the knowledge you have given. Someday I will make it to Scandinavia. I am a grandchild of the Russ and Dane.
Great video, thank you for sharing!
Interessant teori om Ormen hin Lange :-)
75 thousand 😯😯😯
i love your content brother. i am from nova scotia. i have so much interest in these topics. im trying to figure out my own familys geneology and history.
Many thanks, Joshua. Skål!
@@VikingStories HI SKAL!
i would like to keep in some sort of small amount of contact if possible. i have many questions and insight for my small age of 26 i am hungry to learn and carry the torche my brother
I'd gladly start digging into it with a shovel if I could lol
we still build pyramid shaped farms here in holland google ''stolp boerderij'' and set them upon high ground a dirt mount google "'terp'' locations of terps resemble a map of the stars according to some Frisian historians
Visited a few years ago, the place is big even after having sunk so much. I don't think it was a pyramid.
Det er jo alt for fedt og spændende det her! Tak for superinformerende videoer. Glæder mig til at høre mere om DNA og hvad det kan fortælle og bidrage med!!!
You know what bothers me about this video? That I am not there too.....
We have plenty of them in Illinois and Kentucky that no one there touches much neither
The Cahokia mound culture is very interesting. It came to ruin centuries before Columbus.
You mean like they actually can be viking graves? If so, that's very interesting.
@@westerneurope1752 No, these mounds were built by Native American tribes and not by Norsemen. I think it's fascinating because North American natives are thought to have had little in the way of major trading stations or trade development by many. But these mounds prove otherwise. They just never built very much out of stone unlike the Mayans and the very cringe Aztecs. It's kind of similar to pre-Christian Northern and Southern Europe, the Meds built almost all infrastructure to last through the generations. Germanics, Celts and Slavs built very little from stone, but the Germanics just didn't care for urban development at all it seems.
Anyway in this mound culture of this mound builder tribe or nation, slome terrible event happened, centuries before Columbus that drove the people to the outskirts, the men in many cases were replaced by much, much less culturally developed tribes but like in the Osage tribe for instance, there was direct maternal and autosomal continuity.
This event possibly could have involved Norsemen, as it was likely around the time of early North American settlement by Norsemen. They could have gone down the rivers or something far away from where there is certain evidence. And the sites of these natives, many of which involve human sacrifice, indicate that something like a pandemic or a famine was contributing to the decline.
@@dirksharp9876 Interesting - I have no doubt that native Americans could have build these things. As for northern Europeans however - the main reason they didn't build things in lasting materials as stone, was due to the availability of wood as a natural material.
@@westerneurope1752 Absolutely, also certain other factors exist for this anomaly especially economics. Like I said Germanic cultures basically until the Viking age didn't care to build you know big, bustling urban centers. A certain cultural disgust for urban life could have been a factor too. Cities were historically pretty gross places, though certain cultures like the Greeks especially tried to improve on this. Certain Germanic populations who migrated elsewhere would come to dominate certain urban centers and develop them, Visigothic Spain is remarkably overlooked. You would also be signaling wealth which in some regions like Scandinavia, which was in basically a perpetual state of war at certain points, it would have been incredibly costly and foolish to build big stone structures.
As soon as it became economically necessary, that is when you get you know the first castles and stuff, the first great Cathedrals of NW Europe too, and towers etc. The Normans were all about this development and often secured their wealth through these means.
I was just pointing out that though Native Americans lacked metallurgy and certain other developments, it's unique to see that parallel. Huge mineral structures in the south, some the size of mountains and massive urban centers -- in the North, we only know of their civilization at all because of archeologists looking into these matters. I expect this will be the same in the future, we will uncover more Viking settlements, more bronze age battles and settlements and cool stuff like that in Northern Europe.
532,er ikkje det omlag same 10-40 års perioden bygdaborgene vart reist?
Det er en fristende teori, men jeg tror nok bygdeborgene ble bygd over et mye lengre tidsrom. Mellom 200 og 500 har jeg hørt, men det er klart de er vanskelige å datere. Er mange flere i Sverige btw
Ragnar's sleeping place?
Bodde 13år på Romerike men visste ikke om det stedet. Synd
Det er ikke særlig godt markedsført dessverre. Men kjempefint område. Kommunen (Ullensaker) har også laget et fint parkområde og grillplass nedenfor haugen. Jeg mener å huske at det er ca 1500 gravhauger i Ullensaker. Jeg vet om mange av de, men Raknehaugen er definitivt den største.
@@Republic3D Lærte ikke om lokal historie fra viking tiden osv. Var alltid noe annet.
Er bra noen kommuner reklamerer om det men min gjorde det ikke.
Kan ikke tro han kalte Romerike " the kingdom of the Romans" Når det kommer fra Raumariki "Det larmende riket"
Antagelig for at det er mye torden her?
@@plciferpffer3048 Ja jeg tror du har rett i det. Men det er mye høylytte folk her, kanskje det er noe i det. :D Fra Wikipedia:
"Glomma og Vorma møtes på Romerike ved Årnes, og det er betydelig avsetning av leire fra disse Norges to lengste elver, samt fra andre elver, som f.eks Leirelva. De to fossenes larm ga i sin tid opphav til navnet Raumelv om Glommas nedre løp.[2] Derfra fikk folket i regionen sitt navn, og regionen ble hetende Romerike, slik Romsdal har fått navn etter elven Rauma som løper gjennom den. Også det gamle navnet på Glomma, Glaumr, betyr «den larmende», «den glammende»."
@@Republic3D Aha, så det er forklaringen på larmen det var snakk om.
Takk for oppklaringen.
Ja, ble veldig overrasket over at Sturla kalte det "Kingdom of the romans" når han faktisk er historiker.
Men men.. Liker videoene hans uansett.
And now I have to get hold of 75 000 logs and start building one for myself :D
Skål från Sverige!
Awesome - I come and help dig for free, if you get a permission .) Why leave stones unturned? Of course show respect both to the grave it self, and what it might contain. But this is our history and we should know more. Keep at it!
Absolutely wonderful video, your enthusiasm is brilliant, amazing them mounds, totally think there the pyramids of the North, love your videos, good health and safe travels my friend, blessed be, Craig
Ullensaker (where this mound is) is named after the Norse God Ullr / Ullin (germanic Wulþuz) meaning Glory. He was the God associated with archery. The Coat of Arms of Ullensaker depicts Ullr with a bow and arrow.
There are 1500 grave mounds in Ullensaker, I've been to many of them. There are continious finds from the "Viking Age" and earlier in the area. Including weapons, keys, locks, etc.
Thanks for the extra input!!
@@VikingStories You're welcome. Thanks for another interesting video. :)
I'm happy to be one of the first to watch this video 😁. Keep up the great work, brother! Love and gratitude from the USA 🇺🇸
The use of logs in a buried construction ,was used here in England until fairly resently, there is a road a few miles south of bedford the used logs to raise the level ,, when the engineer was asked "how long will the logs last" the reply was " forever"
And hey ! That road has never sunk.
How ever the size of the long ship could be estimated by the size of the mound ,with a little aplication of some basic maths ,
Who knows what wonders lay beneath!
Awesome!!! I really want to come visit that land!! You mentioned the church sitting down below and I know people often draw a distinction between the pagan and Christian times and of course the faith's are different. But It is highly telling that the modern church is sitting where the old temples sat!! Times change, people change and beliefs change. But this center of worship has not changed. There's obviously a powerful draw to this spot.
More likely just a way for the church to show dominance over the old religion...
@@kane2239 That's not what happened all the time. Sometimes happened. But more often it's because the same places were held sacred. Syncretism was the norm in the early days of Christianity. Took a while to become more domineering and oppressive. In the early days the Church didn't usually have the power to go around smashing up sacred places. It had to win people over too.
@@wodenravensIt had to subvert, shape-shift and corrupt before it gained power.
Hyperboria was real, before the fall of man, and the deluge.
Very cool...
Crazy!!
Yes but Swedish king were olso there toghter with the Danish king to taka out King Trygvardson the psycopat.
"The Battle of Svolder (Svold or Swold)[2] was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 999 or 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway"
And they say that it was Sigrid Storråda who married the Danish Sven Tveskägg afterTryggvardson slapped in the face her for being a pagan.
Love the ADCC shirt 👍
Japanese use fire to impregnate surface of wood so it could last longer. Its a pity wood doesn't survive long - we lost so many relics of ancient history - what made some culture invisible to modern archeologists but we slowly overcome even this. But the greatest thing of all is that big chunk of our history is saved & hidden in our languages. And the tree of languages is like a tree of our great historical family.
Much respect and appreciation from upstate New York.
That needs to be studied in order to reconstruct the past, that's the problem that has to be understood, 'reconstruct' as to take place. Thanks certain powers that were and are fading.
Oh damn, thats in Ullensaker! I did not even realize something like that was this close
So amazing to see all new facts surfacing with new technology coming available, thank you for sharing all your knowledge and possible new information we might find soon.
What a joy!
Super super! Hälsningar från Sverige! 👼🏻
Digg at du cola reklame før videoen😀👏
I think your right!
Sturla my friend, good to hear from you. Thanks for the video and knowledge as always. May I suggest using a lav mic and external audio recorder to record the sound instead only the audio from your 360 camera? This will allow you to place the camera down or put it into different places and still capture clear audio. Once you've exported your reframed 360 footage, you can synch the audio track in Davinci Resolve or whichever editor you use. Just a suggestion 🤝
Thanks. Duly noted.. Could you send me links to these additional devices on my email, Vilhjalmr?
you didn't get to my question about a longship versus a Hellenic bireme. Perhaps next time you can do this giant viking ship versus a trireme.
Or maybe I should just take this question to Drach.
It's not an easy one, though the obvious advantage for the Viking ships was that they could travel fast in shallow waters and disappear as easily as they would do a suprise attack, perfect for early guerilla warfare. In terms of speed with sails up, the longships could match modern sailboat. A friend of mine has sailed past the Norwegian Hurtigruta ship (which sails along the coast at 15 knots) with hydraplaning, if that's what it's called. For a start:)
Very cool.
Underbart. Spännande. Tack. Vi har gamla Uppsala, vet inte hur många högar det finns I Sverige. Vi var väl bara norden på den tiden inte uppdelad i länder. Vi verkar ha levt på samma vis I hela norden. Vi förstår fortfarande varandra språkligt. Jag hoppas en dag på att besöka några högar.
Man that would be so cool if these hills turned out to burial mounds! Aren't there some open source DIY ground penetrating radar kits to make a start with scanning the site?
Please read "The Last Night of Svarog"....from the Slavic Aryan Vedas! by: Nicolai Levashov.
Very neat
I always wonder how thay did this practically? Did they use showels, wagons and horses to get all the material up there? Must have taken forever. I think about that when I take my walks next to the old Uppsala mounds here in Sweden. Do you know how it was done practically? I know in Upsala it was a bit easier since they partly make use of an existing ridge in the landscape to exaggregate the height. But still?!
Have you heard about Jämtlandspyramiderna?
Any guesses about who was buried in there?? Looks like Halfdan “The Old”Hringsson was allegedly King of Romerike around that time.
Enjoyed the climb up the pyramid! Thanks for letting us share with you!
Sturla, do you believe there was any Viking migration/settlement in the Caucasus? Like Georgia? I am Georgian and I've always found our Colchian Bronze Age civilization had many parallels with jewelry and other precious items as Georgia at the time was highly sophisticated. I'm sure there was trade, but I'm curious about your thoughts on Viking contact and settlements in the Caucasus?
Hi David. I am well aware of the great Colchis culture and their important city Vani. The jewelry is beautiful indeed and similar to later Scandinavian jewelry with the animal ornamentics, as you write. I know there are many rumours of Vikings settlements in Georgia after the famous battle there with Vikings one thousand years ago. And considering how few returned to Scandinavia after Ingvar's trip, it wouldn't be a surprise. It's difficult to prove though, but would be very cool. I enjoy Georgia and Georgians very much, so I hope to return to your beautiful country soon!
@@VikingStories Thank you for the thoughtful reply. That is indeed a fascinating subject to speculate on and surely there are many legends, but a particularly interesting myth is about our Khevsurs in Georgia. They're Georgian peoples, highlanders, but romanticized as descendants of the Crusader detachments under Georgian King David the Builder. Regardless, I enjoy learning about the Vikings and your peoples history through your content, important knowledge!
@@Rhadamistus5 I have heard about the Khevsurians and would love to go there sometime. Many thanks! Gaumarjos
Beautiful
Amazing🙏, Thanks kindly Sturla💪
Flott!
Thankyou very much, very much appreciated
keep up the expeditions!
Awesome video! Keep making them!
Interesting, thanks for posting
Du ser så glad ud deroppe😃💛
Tak endnu en fantastisk video👏👏
Awesome, you're doing a great job. So much of our history has been erased and hidden from us, Thanks for your information and knowledge.
Pioneering work, top man 👍
This is truelly a ancient man made structure that is truelly fascinating if it got excavated so much more could be learned how incredible, I'm so happy we are starting to learn more about viking how they lived, what the ate, how they inter grated people into there society, etc thankyou 😊👍
Thanks for sharing this, it's amazing to see this mount.
Hope to find out what's in there in the years to come...
Awesome Video!!! Thank you from showing the Piramids of the North!!!
Your videos are an escape for me: the history and landscapes you share are fascinating. Thank you for sharing them! On a side note, I think I'm slightly dyslexic, for it was halfway through the video before I realized your shirt does NOT say AC/DC! lol
Glad you like them! I've got an AC/DC shirt on in this video: ua-cam.com/video/oM14K5_owWc/v-deo.html :) Many thanks and skål!
@@VikingStories Great shirt! And though I can play neither Chess nor Hnefatafl, the latter looks more interesting.
Thank you for the fun, entertaining and educational content!
Awesome! Hilsen fra Nord-Norge
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! Takk, Sturla!
I wonder how they looked when built. Also, do you think this was used as a fortification or just a big monument? Or maybe even a building like borughs, hill forts or pyramids. To me its hard to understand the function of the timber. My guess is that the timber is some kind of roofing or flooring.
@@TheFreedomBay The burial of the dead is often linked to the protection of the families and relatives. This a burial site, but what made them build it so big is the question. I think its more complicated than just a burial site.
@@TheFreedomBay a lot of vikings buried their family to protect the village or farm against enemies. Most of the cases they are buried in small graves in a circle outside, in mounds, in the march, in stone ships, in the mountain etc. Even some are said to be buried under doorways or houses to protect.
Heard somewhere these ''plagues '' was just persecutions , and the catacumbs was victimes of persecution ....
Or they were caused by biological weapon.