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A Viking Burial Described by Arab Writer Ahmad ibn Fadlan
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| May 12, 2012
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Posted on 09/27/2014 2:26:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: gura
You did. Crichton had an argument with a friend over whether or not Beowulf could still draw an audience. The resulting book was turned into a movie more than 25 years later: 13th Warrior. Essentially it is Beowulf as but based on the descriptions of vikings found in Fadlan. The book was originally called Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaters_of_the_Dead
To: afraidfortherepublic
Triskelion Drill Thrall ...
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09/27/2014 4:26:27 PM PDT
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mikrofon
(Quatloos Woman)
To: RegulatorCountry
“Ernest Borgnine at his grooviest.”
E. B. as Shack — Emperor of the North.
To: mikrofon
Two hundred Quatloos for the newcomer!
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09/27/2014 4:38:25 PM PDT
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stormer
To: SunkenCiv
Lo there do I see my father...
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09/27/2014 4:40:30 PM PDT
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Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
To: maine-iac7
Or maybe the whole thing took place at a concert venue in Ireland, no one is sure.
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09/27/2014 4:46:11 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Must be it happened in the 9th century then. :’)
I read it originally, hmm, sometime in the 1970s, in a book that *may* have been titled “Eyewitness to History”, otherwise “Witness to History”. Later I read a book with the opposite title, written by a multilingual diplomat present at the wartime Big Three conferences and whatnot.
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09/27/2014 4:48:38 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: afraidfortherepublic
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SunkenCiv
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To: ansel12
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09/27/2014 4:50:39 PM PDT
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To: Chewbarkah
The screenwriter would have to work in some girl on girl action.
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09/27/2014 4:51:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Jim Noble
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09/27/2014 4:52:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: BigEdLB
yeah...right
Tony and Kirk
who cast them?
To: BigEdLB
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posted on
09/27/2014 5:26:48 PM PDT
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kitchen
(Even the walls have ears.)
To: gura
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09/27/2014 6:20:10 PM PDT
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wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
To: Popman
The book was “Eaters Of The Dead”
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posted on
09/27/2014 8:40:21 PM PDT
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Vietnam Vet From New Mexico
(If you don't want to stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Hey, lets not forget THE LONG SHIPS. Sorry. I am trying to do that after recently making the mistake of watching it.
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09/27/2014 10:02:53 PM PDT
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Oztrich Boy
(In Soviet Russia, Police say "please" when demanding papers.)
To: muir_redwoods
Actually, he combined the two, although the events happened with several centuries separation in history.
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09/29/2014 6:07:57 AM PDT
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chesley
(Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
To: SunkenCiv
I can see why a girl would volunteer for this. A Viking slave could look forward to a life of hard labor without a family. Here, she is feted for a week followed by one of the less painful ways to die.
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