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What Vikings really looked like
ScienceNordic ^ | 7-29-2012 | Irene Berg Sørensen

Posted on 08/05/2012 6:28:12 AM PDT by Renfield

There’s no shortage of myths about the appearance of our notorious Viking ancestors.

To find out more about these myths, ScienceNordic’s Danish partner site, videnskab.dk, asked its Facebook readers to list their favourite myths about what the Vikings looked like.

We have picked out five myths from the resulting debate and asked researchers to help us confirm or bust these myths.

Armed with this information, our graphic designer then took a shot at drawing some examples of our infamous forefathers, which you can see in our picture gallery...

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenordic.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; scandinavia; vikings
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1 posted on 08/05/2012 6:28:17 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


2 posted on 08/05/2012 6:28:50 AM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: Renfield

I’ve seen enough Vikings to know what they look like and how they acted...not going to fool me.


3 posted on 08/05/2012 6:34:53 AM PDT by BobL (Cruz'd to Victory - July 31, 2012)
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To: Renfield

Kirk Douglas


4 posted on 08/05/2012 6:36:20 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: Renfield

Who cares.


5 posted on 08/05/2012 6:39:46 AM PDT by Riptides
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To: Renfield

Dark Hair and striking beauty!

6 posted on 08/05/2012 6:41:00 AM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar said "Quae cum ita sunt. Since these things are so.".)
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To: Renfield
A few years ago I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's disease. It's not a big deal - "an inherited connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand."
When I researched it I discovered that - "Tradition has it that the disease originated with the Vikings, who spread it throughout Northern Europe and beyond as they traveled and intermarried."
So, along with being Irish I guess I have a little Viking in me too. Cool.
7 posted on 08/05/2012 6:41:38 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: cibco

Viking Ping!


8 posted on 08/05/2012 6:42:11 AM PDT by defconw (RIP ANDREW!)
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To: Renfield
Crap. He looks like a metrosexual.


9 posted on 08/05/2012 6:43:46 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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To: Renfield
Got an ancient Viking right here


10 posted on 08/05/2012 6:44:10 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Obama does not have the work ethic to be Anti-Christ.)
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To: MuttTheHoople

I was wondering how many posts were going to go by before Tarkenton was posted.. Nice job!


11 posted on 08/05/2012 6:47:10 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: oh8eleven

and where do you think those red-headed Irish came from?

Skol!

You should check out the DNA project


12 posted on 08/05/2012 6:56:10 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Renfield

Doesn’t look like much of a techno dancer to me.


13 posted on 08/05/2012 6:57:16 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Renfield
You mean this isnt even close?!


14 posted on 08/05/2012 6:58:00 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Tennessee Nana

Lee Majors in this disaster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7kf-nV_E5Y


15 posted on 08/05/2012 7:02:41 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Renfield

The article mentions a picture gallery. Anybody know how to access it?


16 posted on 08/05/2012 7:08:09 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Renfield
And this is what a Bear looks like :P


17 posted on 08/05/2012 7:11:44 AM PDT by erod (This Chicagoan will crawl over broken glass to vote the fake Chicagoan Obama out!)
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To: Renfield
~In the Irish annals, Danish and Norwegian Vikings are described as ‘dark-skinned’ and ‘beautiful blondes’ respectively – the contemporary Irish ‘dubgaill’ and ‘finngaill’. According to Peter Pentz of the Danish National Museum, there is an ongoing debate within scientific circles about the exact meaning of these words. ~

Friggin' Irish. Compared to the typical mic, everybody is a swarthy latino. If you even shine a halogen flashlight on us we burst into flames.

18 posted on 08/05/2012 7:22:18 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Goode over evil. Voting for mitt or obie is like throwing your country away.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Just left-click on the little gray camera that says, “open gallery”.


19 posted on 08/05/2012 7:23:43 AM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: Sirius Lee
Friggin' Irish. Compared to the typical mic, everybody is a swarthy latino. If you even shine a halogen flashlight on us we burst into flames.

Vampires, then, are you?

20 posted on 08/05/2012 7:25:25 AM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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