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skull

Skull of a child about 10 years of age with scalping marks.

Dyreholmen, northern Jutland. 5300 BC.

12th century door

Iron bound church door.

The artisticly crafted iron ornaments serve not only the purpose of styling the door, they also keep the oak planks together.

Ca. 1200-1250 From a church near Fåborg.

16 century iron armor

Armor of iron from the end of the 16th century, intended for a horseman. Heavy plate armor provided protection against the new, effective fire arms, but its size and weight greatly limited freedom of movement. Once the horseman had been knocked from the saddle he was to a great extent defenceless. new kinds of warfare ment that the large plate armors gradually fell into disuse.

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15th century wooden figure

Wooden figure from a 15th century alter piece. The figure represents the third, black , king of the three wise men. This altarpiece most likely stood in a private home.

Sandstone St. Peter

Sandstone capital with a relief of St. Peter with his key from the 1300s.

Letterbox from 1862 Copenhagen

Letterbox from 1862. An efficient postal system was required in order to live up to the increase in commercial activity and productions. 1851 saw the standardization of the country’s postal rates, the introduction of stamps and the mounting of letter boxes

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Old Copenhagen Part 2