Vikings

Vinland Map of America no forgery, expert says

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:33:49 GMT

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE56G58320090717

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost certainly genuine,...

Vikings visited Canadian Arctic, research suggests

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:26:51 GMT

http://www.canada.com/technology/science/Vikings+visited+Canadian+Arctic+research+suggests/1635865/story.html

Picture at web site.
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Hidden treasure discovered in southern Sweden

feeds@yuku.com (Workjay) — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:07:18 GMT

http://www.thelocal.se/19394/20090512/

A unique collection of silver coins and an unidentified skeleton have been found in Skänninge in southern Sweden.

The collection of around 100 silver coins, thought to date from the 12th century, were found in a grave dating from the early 14th century.

"It is fantastic that we have found silver coins in a grave," said the archaeologist Hanna Menander to local newspaper Motala & Vadstena Tidning.

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Church lot rock actually ancient runestone

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:23:47 GMT

http://politicom.moldova.org/news/church-lot-rock-actually-ancient-runestone-198713-eng.html

An archaeologist says a rock used to mark a parking lot at a church in Sweden is actually a 1,000-year-old runestone.

Stockholm County Museum runic expert...

Viking Legacy On English: What Language Tells Us About Immigration And Integration

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:35:36 GMT

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421111659.htm

Sagas reveal Vikings were 'first oceanographers'

feeds@yuku.com (Workjay) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:23:17 GMT

Having been an avid beachcomber for much of my life... I found this interesting... but too long to post here...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127001.500-sagas-reveal-vikings-were-first-oceanographers.html

Vikings' bleeding-edge tech came from Afghanistan

feeds@yuku.com (Workjay) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:50:35 GMT

http://www.theregister.co...ord_tech_afghanistan_npl/

Boffins at the UK's famous National Physical Laboratory (NPL) - birthplace of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb and perhaps the internet - say they have used an electron microscope to analyse Viking swords. In a surprise twist, it turns out that the old-time Scandinavian pests, many of whom moved to England to become our...

Newport Tower

feeds@yuku.com (Workjay) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:14:34 GMT

http://www.unexplainedearth.com/newport.php

Rare Viking-era shield found in Denmark

feeds@yuku.com (MesaBuddy) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:15:50 GMT

This topic has been migrated to :

http://www.ancientlosttreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=166&p=477#p477

Viking Age Triggered by Shortage of Wives?

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:11:06 GMT

http://dsc.discovery.com/...8/09/17/viking-women.html

Newfoundland Viking site remarkable

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:27:32 GMT

http://www.canada.com/top...4d-43c7-95e8-f08729813371

Native burial grounds near Tisch Mills may include Viking ship

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:27:06 GMT

http://www.greenbaypressg...PG04/808310657/-1/archive

New Dates on Archaeology of Thule Migration

feeds@yuku.com (Larry KS) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:48:24 GMT

http://archaeology.about.com/b/2008/08/18/new-dates-on-archaeology-of-thule-migration.htm

Runestone Link

feeds@yuku.com (Rune Hunter) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:22:01 GMT

Here is a very informative link for those of you who are interested in ancient Norse runes, especially those here in America: http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/americanstones.html This link describes most of the runestones found in America, the inscriptions and interpretations of them, plus links to other sites with information on runes and runestones. Very informative if you are interested in rune hunting!

Vikings in America: The Last Viking

feeds@yuku.com (Rune Hunter) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:54:40 GMT

This is an unusual link about the time when the Northwest Passage was ice free and Vikings sailed regularly back and forth through it to Vinland, Markland, and Helluland... we have all heard the story of these places and have seen the "evidence" in Newfoundland of Vinland's existence... but this link isn't about the east Coast of Canada, but rather, Vinland on the West Coast of Canada near... Vancouver Island!! There is also a compelling discussion of where the colony from...

Ships of the Desert: Viking Shipwreck in California

feeds@yuku.com (Rune Hunter) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:37:09 GMT

Here is a link that is discussing a Spanish Galleon shipwrecked in the Salton Sea in California, BUT, there is further discussion of..."a viking ship that could be found sticking out of the side of a mountain in the Tierra Blanco Canyon near Agua Caliente Springs" plus, a mention of this or another Viking shipwreck and the survivors' existence with the Seri and Mayo Indians, according to their folklore, in seperate stories here:

Viking Sword found

feeds@yuku.com (Alan Hassell) — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:30:59 GMT

interesting story about a detectorist finding a viking sword in Isle of Man, another guy is still waiting to get a reward after 5 years.
This is how museums treat people in the UK.

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Metal-detectorists-thrilled-at-Viking.4052052.jp

Longship to sail again !

feeds@yuku.com (MesaBuddy) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:43:55 GMT

www.havhingsten.dk/index.php?id=418&L=1
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Vikings in Georgia?

feeds@yuku.com (ButtofJokes) — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:48:33 GMT

I am new here so please accept my apologies for chiming in and I may be posting this in the wrong forum. While reading one of your threads on the caves of the Grand Canyon, I couldnt help but to smile when one of your members posted that for diffusion, evidence must be presented as it would be in a court of law. In a court of law, experts will be called in to validate the evidence and in this case the experts would be professional archaeologists who for the most part will not make a...

Diet of the ancient Vikings

feeds@yuku.com (science moose) — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:41:31 GMT

Anyone know anything about what Ancient Vikings ate ?

These are my guesses:

Lots of Meat, Reindeer & Farm Animals, much of it preserved in salt
Lots of fish, much of it salted
A fair amount of eggs and dairy
Fruits few, and only in season
Mostly cruciferous and winter vegetables
Onions ?
Maybe some potatoes
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