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Secrets of the Viking Sword
PBS (NOVA) ^
| 10-10-2012
Posted on 12/10/2012 9:24:14 AM PST by Renfield
Here's a link to a page with a nice video from Nova, about Viking swords, for all you Viking history buffs out there...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-viking-sword.html
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; metallurgy; swords; vikings
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A modern-day swordsmith reverse engineers the ultimate weapon of the Middle Ages—a sword both prized and feared.
Aired October 10, 2012 on PBS
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12/10/2012 9:24:18 AM PST
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Renfield
To: Renfield
To: Ramius
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posted on
12/10/2012 9:31:02 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Renfield
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posted on
12/10/2012 9:33:12 AM PST
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Drawsing
I get the video just fine.
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posted on
12/10/2012 9:35:28 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Renfield
The Uthbert sword - crucible steel... A very cool PBS show.
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:12:03 AM PST
by
jurroppi1
To: Renfield
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:16:40 AM PST
by
FrdmLvr
(culture, language, borders)
To: Drawsing
check your firewall settings
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:16:55 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: FrdmLvr
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:17:59 AM PST
by
doubled
( never in the field of human con tricks has so much been owed by so many to so little effect - Steyn)
To: Drawsing
On the right, there is a green icon that says, “Watch the Program”. Click on that to watch.
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:19:29 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Drawsing
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:19:39 AM PST
by
conserv8
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:19:50 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: doubled
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:21:42 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(I will not comply.)
To: Renfield
I am still waiting for them to find the swords in the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence river where my Ancestors may have dropped them long before The Southern Europeans arrived.
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12/10/2012 10:25:10 AM PST
by
Bringbackthedraft
(Who we elect is not as important as who they bring in with them.)
To: conserv8
To: Renfield
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:28:15 AM PST
by
Tugo
(Sojourner)
To: Renfield
Thanks for posting... sending to my Norwegian relatives!
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:56:54 AM PST
by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: Renfield
Pretty interesting video!
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posted on
12/10/2012 10:57:41 AM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
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posted on
12/10/2012 11:18:02 AM PST
by
conserv8
To: conserv8
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