The PYRAMIDS of the NORTH
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:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raum_th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romerike
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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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakni's...
The ancient kingdom Raumariki (now Romerike),
mentioned by the Goth Jordanes in the 6th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romerike
The Battle of Svolder where King Olav Trygvasson fought the kings of Sweden and
Denmark and Earl Eirik Hákonarson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
The longship Ormen Lange (The Long Serpent):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormen_L...) (press twice)
The Earls of Lade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earls_o...
Lade in Trondheim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lade,_T...
Photos:
https://www.galleristraume.no/butikk/...
http://hafrsfjord.org/wp-content/uplo...
https://historienet.no/sivilisasjoner...
Maps.google.com