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Bronze age rock carvings at Fluberget at Revheim

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The best example of bronze age rock carvings in the Stavanger area is Fluberget at Revheim, a few kilometers west of Stavanger.
It is thought that the site was a religious meeting place, with the carvings dating from 1800 to 500 years BC.
This archeological site is a low south-facing cliff about 200 metres from Hafrsfjord, and was discovered in 1879.
The ship or boat symbols are common in Scandinavian rock carvings and many are found here.
The hand symbols represent Gods who should not be directly portrayed. The meaning of some of the carvings is still not known.
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8 comments

Joe, Son of the Rock said:

Very interesting carvings, Amelia. I love the details and textures in the rockface. Best wishes, Joe
4 years ago

tiabunna said:

An interesting image and information, Amelia.
4 years ago ( translate )

Nick Weall said:

No comments are getting through
4 years ago

Amelia replied to Nick Weall:

They are now, but I still cannot post any photos. ;-(
4 years ago

Andrea Allasio said:

Nice to see ir. That's pretty old !
4 years ago ( translate )

Nick Weall said:

Hi LGM yes a frustrating few days and then I was away for the weekend and yesterday. Finn was three on Sunday. We had rain interspaced with patches of sunshine ~ typical many weather really I guess.
Thanks for your good wishes and let us hope that you get some sun too x
4 years ago

polytropos said:

Interesting!
4 years ago ( translate )

Gudrun said:

Wow, I didn't know there were rock paintings that far south, I only know about the famous ones in Alta. These are similar in style- the red looks great against the rock textures.
4 years ago
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