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Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts
Monday, October 30, 2017

Did a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail?

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Ancient Origins Scientists have been searching for answers on the puzzles of history by sifting through the genetic code of certain Ic...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Icelander Sagas May Have More Truth to Them than You Think

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Ancient Origins Myths and legends – purely the creation of creative and imaginative minds, right? Not necessarily. Numerous stories, s...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

1,000-year-old Viking Sword in Extraordinary Condition Discovered in Ireland

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Ancient Origins A 1,000-year-old wooden Viking weaver’s sword has been unearthed by archaeologists at the historic site of the former...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

Three Boat Burials of Viking-era Chiefs Found in as Many Days at Icelandic Site

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Ancient Origins Archaeologists have announced that they found three Viking-age boat burials in quick succession on a fjord along Icela...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Vikings at home

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History Extra A 13th-century saga manuscript from the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík, Iceland. (Corbis) One of the defining mo...
Friday, September 23, 2016

The Viking Discovery of Iceland

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Ancient Origins The Vikings’ next step out into the Atlantic – the discovery and settlement of Iceland – is one of the best documented ...
Monday, September 12, 2016

1,000-Year-Old Viking Sword Discovered in Iceland by Men Hunting Geese

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Ancient Origins A group of hunters tracking geese in Skaftárhreppur, South Iceland, brought back more than just birds on their latest ...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Vikings: A land without kings

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History Extra A view of Þingvellir National Park in western Iceland. It was here, in AD 930, that Viking settlers established the f...