The rock art from the tomb of Bredarör at Kivik in Sweden is a window into the forgotten world of the Nordic Bronze Age. In this film I interpret all the esoteric imagery, including; sun-wheels, solar crosses, war chariots, armed warriors and ritual axes and boats. With the latest archaeological data, 3D scans and new CGI animations of the art, this film gives a new perspective on a tomb which is 3400 years old!
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| Arvid Fougstedt 1936 |
Art:
CGI by Robert Molyneaux
Bronze age rites at dawn, Indian chariot, hellhounds, Wolf Viking by Christian Sloan Hall
Kivik reconstruction by Arvid Fougstedt 1936
Bronsåldern by Nils Asplund
Fra Bronsåldern by Rasmus Christiansen 1925
NBA king by Beaker Lady
Bronze age map by Dan Kogosov
Beaker Koryos by Moccus Art
Bronze age rites at dawn, Indian chariot, hellhounds, Wolf Viking by Christian Sloan Hall
Kivik reconstruction by Arvid Fougstedt 1936
Bronsåldern by Nils Asplund
Fra Bronsåldern by Rasmus Christiansen 1925
NBA king by Beaker Lady
Bronze age map by Dan Kogosov
Beaker Koryos by Moccus Art
Sources:
Bertilsson, Ulf et al. “The Kivik Tomb: Bredarör enters into the digital arena” New Perspectives on the Bronze Age (2017): 289–306.
Froncek, T., ‘The Northmen’ 1975.
Goldhahn - Bredaror on Kivik: a monumental cairn and the history of its interpretation 2009
Kaliff, Oestigaard ‘Werewolves, Warriors and Winter Sacrifices Unmasking Kivik and Indo-European Cosmology in Bronze Age Scandinavia’ 2022.
Kveiborg, Ahlqvist, Vandkilde. (2020). Horses, Fish and Humans: Interspecies Relationships in the Nordic Bronze Age. Current Swedish Archaeology. 75-98.
Nordquist, Gullög & Whittaker, Helene. (2007). Comments on Kristian Kristiansen and Thomas B. Larsson (2005): The Rise of Bronze Age Society. Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. Norwegian Archaeological Review. 40. 75-84.
Froncek, T., ‘The Northmen’ 1975.
Goldhahn - Bredaror on Kivik: a monumental cairn and the history of its interpretation 2009
Kaliff, Oestigaard ‘Werewolves, Warriors and Winter Sacrifices Unmasking Kivik and Indo-European Cosmology in Bronze Age Scandinavia’ 2022.
Kveiborg, Ahlqvist, Vandkilde. (2020). Horses, Fish and Humans: Interspecies Relationships in the Nordic Bronze Age. Current Swedish Archaeology. 75-98.
Nordquist, Gullög & Whittaker, Helene. (2007). Comments on Kristian Kristiansen and Thomas B. Larsson (2005): The Rise of Bronze Age Society. Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. Norwegian Archaeological Review. 40. 75-84.
