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1 0 Roman descriptions of the Germans mentioned hair arranged in a 'Suebian knot' as seen on this severed head.
2 0 The large longhouse of a Germanic chieftain at Fochteloo, Holland, surrounded by the smaller dwellings of his followers.
4 0 A variety of Germanic pots from Britain and the continent, decorated with stamped designs and applied clay knobs.
5 0 A 6th century AD tombstone from Dollendorf in Germany showing a warrior armed with a sword, combing his hair.
6 0 The contents of a rich 5th century AD grave from Omundrod in Scandinavia including glass vessels and gilded bronze brooches.
7 0 A typical Scandinavian farmhouse from Vallhagar in Sweden.
7 1 Imported Roman glass vessels from a Danish graves.
16 0 A wooden sculpture of a Germanic deity, probably the thunder god Donar, later known as Thor. From Broddenbjerg.
24 0 The famous and remarkably preserved 4th century AD plank-built wooden boat from Nydam in Denmark.
26 0 The shaved and blindfolded head of a bog sacrifice: a teenage girl from Windeby in Denmark.
3 0 A portrait of the Vandal general, Stilicho, nephew by marriage to one emperor, father-in-law of another.
9 0 An equal-armed brooch from south-east England, a typical product of the continental areas from which this region was invaded.
25 0 A reconstruction of the 5th century AD timber hall built inside the ruins of the Roman bath complex at Wroxeter.
10 0 An ivory portrait of Amalsuntha, daughter and successor of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric.
11 0 A 6th century AD Visigothic brooch, made of gilded bronze set with garnets, from Calatayud in Spain.
12 0 A mosaic from Theodoric's church, Sant' Apollinare Nuovo.
14 0 A claw-beaker, a fine product of the Rhineland Roman glass industry which continued to prosper under the Franks.
15 0 A mosaic depicting a palace from Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, a fine example of barbarian adoption of Roman culture.
17 0 A Germanic image of Christ, from Niederdollendorf.
18 0 Material from the grave discovered at Tournai in 1653 and identified as that of the Frankish king Childeric.
23 0 A hoard of Roman gold coins from Helgˆ.
27 0 A wooden box bearing a Runic inscription of around AD 400, found in a bog at Garbolle, Denmark.
13 0 A coin of the Vandal king Gunthamund who died in AD 496.
69 0 The rich grave goods of the Frankish king Childeric.
28 0 The plan and reconstruction of the settlement of Feddersen Wierde.