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Second Viking Outpost Discovered in Canada
Picture: John Charles Dollman (PD) A new discovery may shed more light on the early presence of Vikings in North America. While digging in the ruins of a centuries-old building on Baffin Island (map),...
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Vikings Grew Cannabis, Findings Reveal
Researchers say it is unclear whether the plant was used for hedonistic purposes or merely for producing cloth and rope, but I think we all know the answer. ScienceNordic reports: The Sosteli farmsted,...
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Mythic Viking Navigation Crystal May Have Been Found In Shipwreck
The first ever found remnant of a sunstone, a crystal which legend says was behind the Vikings’ incredible feats of oceanic navigation? Via CBS News: A rough, whitish block recovered from an...
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Viking families traveled together, research shows
Frank Douwes (CC BY 2.0) via Phys.org: (Phys.org)—A new study shows that when Vikings moved to new territories, men and women traveled together. Erika Hagelberg of the University of Oslo and her...
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Arabic Engraved Ring Found in Viking Grave
A ring found in a 9th century grave in Birka, Sweden (home to a Viking trading center) suggests that Vikings had contact with Islamic civilizations. The silver ring, found in a Viking woman’s grave,...
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‘Sea Monster’ Figurehead Hauled from the Baltic Sea
Credit: Foto Ingemar Lundgren, Ocean Discovery A ship figurehead from the flagship of King Hans of Denmark, the Gribshunden, has been recovered. It resembles either a “cowling dog or perhaps a...
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