[SunkenCiv]

full title: "The Secret History of the Vikings: New DNA-driven research reveals untold stories -- and stirs controversy."

[tflabo]

However they still haven’t conquered a Super Bowl victory yet. (:

[Jim Noble]

If anybody has read the article, could they post a synopsis?

[x_plus_one]

The Viking Age did not last long -- it's generally defined as beginning in the late eighth century and ending in most areas by the early 12th century -- but the explorers still capture our imagination today.

The vikings did not die out- they melted into the crowd and took up common cause with the Templars.

For hundreds of years, before, during and after the Templars were outlawed, the descendants of outlaw Viking kings and Templar families are documented to have intermarried first cousins on from Maidstone, Kent to Bornholm Island. This is one location and there are many more.

The documentation is overwhelming on genealogial websites.

Viking/Templar families controlled Sardinia and Sicily and other island kingdoms for generations. Viking strongholds became sanctuaries for Templars. The history is out there in plain view, but academics have their own secularized story to tell. Vikings converted to Christianity were natural allies with the outlawed Templar banking families empire.

When the Templar/Viking families moved to the New World, they went for the more southerly climate - to Virginia, North Carolina and on south. Genealogical history of the Templar Viking families is secret history - its complicated and would take more time to research than grant money allows.

[raybbr]

Let me guess: They came from Africa?

[Larry Lucido]

[knighthawk]

Looking for their DNA? Stop looking in Sweden, Denmark or Norway. Nothing there to links them to the Vikings anymore!

[jpsb]

The only dog in the Americas in the 1500's was the Newfoundland. It is thought that the Newfoundland was the Viking's dog. As any dog loving can attest the Newfoundland is the kindest sweetest dog around. Make's me think that the Viking rep for being cruel is over rated.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Hubba hubba...I surrender!! 😍

[Albion Wilde]

Is there anything specific in the article about their entry into Ireland?

[semantic]

Medical gene therapy and selective genetic modification promise to provide significant technological advances. While standard gene therapy will be directed at disease prevention and/or repair (cancer cell neutralization, limb regeneration, organ harvest, etc), the opportunity for selective enhancement will be the true game changer.

The most obvious will of course be cognitive improvements to increase overall IQ levels, but we shouldn't ignore the cosmetic aspects as well. My prediction is that everyone will want to look like Scandinavians. Years of social programming and PC will fly out the window as millions of people vote with their pocketbook to get the look they always wanted.

[minnesota_bound]

Vikings
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