Category: Vikings
VIKING TRAIL TOUR
The Vikings In August of 2016, Time Sifters is offering a “Viking Trail” Tour to the western coast and northern tip of Newfoundland. This tour gives you a chance to see the ruins of the… READ FULL ARTICLE
Viking ‘Hammer of Thor’ Unearthed // BY ROSSELLA LORENZI
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Pre-Viking tunic found by glacier as warming aids archaeology–Editing by Jeremy Gaunt
To read the whole article, please go to: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/consumer/sns-rt-us-climate-archaeologybre92k0v3-20130321,0,1499018.story A pre-Viking woolen tunic found beside a thawing glacier in south Norway shows how global warming is proving something of a boon for archaeology, scientists said on Thursday.… READ FULL ARTICLE
Shipwreck find could be legendary ‘sunstone’
Read the whole article at: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-shipwreck-legendary-sunstone.html#jCp An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners. The stone… READ FULL ARTICLE