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Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe.
Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.

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Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe. Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.

Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe. Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.

Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe. Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.

Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe.
Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.

Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe.
Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.

Detail of a memorial stone, dated from about A.D. 500, found during the restoration of a church at Sanda in Gotland. The tree at the center of it symbolizes the Viking concept of the universe.
Image reproduced by courtesy of Gotlands Fornsal, Visby.