Wall charts, history and European Identity

EU Culture Programme; Education and Culture DG

The Nydamboat. Fourth Century.

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Series:

Nordischer Schiffbau

Timeframe:

Antike

Scene of action:

Unknown

Illustrator:

Jung-Ilsenheim, F.

Publisher:

Pestalozzi-Fröbel-Verlag, Leipzig

Year of publication:

1937

Themes:

War    European history   

„Adapted by Prof. Dr. Reinerth, Berlin.“ The picture shows the Iron Age seagoing war boat Nydamboat, which was named after the place where it was found (Nydam, Jutland). Around 320 A.C. this rowboat was scarified to the moor and rediscovered in the year 1863. The boat served as a fast troopship and could carry until 45 men. On the picture you can further see several men with swords. During the fourth century Germanic tribes ruled in Europe.