Press and Outreach
The digitisation of the picture stones and our research were a recurring topic in the media.
Here’s a selection of newspaper and magazine articles, TV recordings and other instances of media coverage.
Stockholm University News
Swedish: https://www.su.se/nyheter/stenarna-talar-till-oss-och-blir-nu-mer-f%C3%B6rst%C3%A5eliga-1.733638
English: https://www.su.se/english/news/the-stones-speak-to-us-and-will-become-more-understandable-1.735830
Stockholm University on Open Science
RAÄ’s k-blogg on runic inscriptions on the Gotlandic stones
The picture stones and our research are featured in a German TV documentary (ZDFinfo channel): https://www.zdf.de/video/dokus/mythos-die-groessten-raetsel-der-geschichte-100/mythos-die-groessten-raetsel-der-geschichte--der-schatz-der-nibelungen-100
Riksantikvarieämbetets article on Viospatia
Radio interview with Michael Fergusson on P4
The newspaper Gotlands Tidningar published two articles about the project ‚Ancient Images 2.0‘ in 2019:
Gotlands Tidningar 17.09.19
Gotlands Tidningar 21.09.19
Michael Fergusson being interviewed by P4 radio.
During the film shooting in 2019. The German documentary about Sigurd and the treasure of the Nibelungs was broadcasted in 2020 on the German TV channel ZDFinfo.