Picture stone, Swedish History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Ardre VIII, or the Volund stone, with Norse longship with crew and sail, detail from a limestone picture stone from a grave, c. 700-800 AD, from Ardre, Gotland, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. Ardre VIII is 1 of 8 rune and picture stones discovered during restoration of the floor in Ardre church in 1900. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Ardre VIII, or the Volund stone, with Norse longship with crew and sail, detail from a limestone picture stone from a grave, c. 700-800 AD, from Ardre, Gotland, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. Ardre VIII is 1 of 8 rune and picture stones discovered during restoration of the floor in Ardre church in 1900. Picture by Manuel Cohen