Posted on 11/26/2004 12:01:26 PM PST by blam
GGG Ping.
I thought we have had evidence of Viking settlements in Labrador for many years. Does the map really change things. Yes, they were here before Columbus. Whut...??
Just how does this affect the Viking Kitties, I wonder?
More from our ancestors
Click the pic!
But I'm wondering how this is going to affect our U.S. Constitution, our Founding Fathers, and our American way of life?
:) I just don't see it. :)
Well we will rename "America" to "Columbus", since this makes Americo Vaspuchi's claim less likely.
But I'm wondering how this is going to affect our U.S. Constitution, our Founding Fathers, and our American way of life?
What? How does Clovis culture fit into all this?
Every few years this map makes it's rounds in the media. I thought the last time it was thouroughly debunked as a fake, but I don't remember details. Does anyone remember?
I think it's pretty clear that the Vikings were in America long before Columbus. The L'Anse Aux Meadows site, the viking coins recovered on cape cod, and the increasingly apparent accuracy of the Icelandic sagas all point to this as fact instead of legend.
Ja, it was all made clear on the Kensington Rune Stone.
The U.S.E. The United States of Eriksen.
No big suprise. The Vikings were explorers.
Personally I suspect that this continent and south America were receiving visitors and transplants from both the east and west for a long time. After all the pacific islanders managed to populate the pacific all by themselves. Getting to Hawaii and Easter island are a far cry from a little island hop.
I wonder when the a priori view of history will be corrected. There are many clues and evidences that the history we were taught left out much and speculated at much.
Contemplate the Piri Reis map too!
http://www.prep.mcneese.edu/engr/engr321/preis/piri_r~1.htm
> I think it's pretty clear that the Vikings were
> in America long before Columbus.
Some race of rock-movers surely was:
http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/nhsightseeing/a/aastonehengenh.htm
Yes, back during my tenure in Alexandria in the '70, I passed it on my way to the municipal on/off sale store!
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