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couldn’t use this source:

Odd tale of headless Norse men: Slaves buried with masters
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/19/viking-slaves-masters/2836903/

also linked here:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

found this one, which had the links to ScienceDirect:

Slaves as grave gifts for the Vikings
http://bonesdontlie.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/slaves-as-grave-gifts-for-the-vikings/


2 posted on 09/28/2013 2:28:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The Slavs owned slaves?

Who’d a thunk...

Sometimes the world really is just bass-ackwards!


4 posted on 09/28/2013 2:42:41 AM PDT by djf (Global warming is turning out to be a bunch of hot air!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

This is actually just confirming eyewitness accounts, can’t remember his name but an Arab diplomat witnessed a Viking funeral back in the day and saw slaves drugged and sacrificed.


6 posted on 09/28/2013 4:48:52 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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