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Found Islamic Coins Hidden Inside Viking Age Shield Boss
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| Valentine's Day, February 14, 2015
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Posted on 02/28/2015 1:53:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Archaeology Magazine's news item:
Last year, a metal detectorist discovered a sword from the Viking Age in a field in central Norway. Archaeologists from the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology excavated the site, and found a grave dating to about A.D. 950 that contained the remains of a Viking and his shield, in addition to the inscribed, high-quality sword. Hidden inside the shield boss they found a leather purse that contained several Islamic coins. Norwegian Vikings arrived in Spain in the 800s, where they may have come in contact with Islamic culture, or perhaps the coins were obtained through trade. "We have not managed to find out who owned the sword, but we know that he was a well-traveled man," archaeologist Ingrid Ystgaard told NRK, as reported by ThorNews. The shield boss also bears combat scars. "The shield boss has a clear cut mark by an ax or a sword. If he died in combat, we do not know," added Ystgaard.
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posted on
02/28/2015 1:53:09 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
02/28/2015 1:56:19 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: SunkenCiv
Was there a treasure map showing the location of a huge golden bell?
To: SunkenCiv
Other evidence that the grave belongs to a man who had traveled widely was found in a leather purse hidden inside the shield boss: The purse contained several Islamic coins. Doesn't mean he travelled widely. It's well known there were established trade routes through Russia to the Baltics, and on to Scandinavia. He could have gotten those things without traveling there.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:01:10 PM PST
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
To: SunkenCiv
Neat find. How are Norway’s laws? Will it be returned to him?
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:01:23 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: SunkenCiv
Enlisting the power of Satan.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:01:25 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
The Vikings carried on a regular trade with the Islamic world.
To: SoCal Pubbie
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:02:52 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Oops! Wrong movie. Should be:
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:05:53 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Just wait the Muslims will claim that they found America too and the Vikings followed them there too. everyone knows that Leif Erickson founded America via Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, there is even a highway named after him! Come now it is posted on the highway! The Muslims will scream it is racist it should be named Prophet Mohammed.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:07:13 PM PST
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hondact200
(Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
To: BenLurkin
To: SoCal Pubbie
The golden bell that floats on water!
To: SunkenCiv
Put pictured of the man’s stuff on the back of a milk carton.
Guaranteed hell see it and then you’ll know who the owner was.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:12:29 PM PST
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I will call your 13th Warrior and raise you:
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:14:29 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Vendome
That is so prejudiced against the lactose intolerant, I’m just dumbfounded. /jk
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:16:06 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:16:52 PM PST
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: SunkenCiv
So put it on quart sized yogurt containers....
LOL
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:17:57 PM PST
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: BenLurkin
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The golden bell that floats on water! Die goldene Glocke, die auf Wasser schwimmt!
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02/28/2015 2:20:34 PM PST
by
null and void
(No crime, real or imagined, is too small to not be declared a felony.)
To: hondact200
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:22:11 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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