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1500-Year-Old Skeleton of Scandinavian Man Might Be Patient Zero in Spread of Leprosy to Britain
... from the feet of a leper, clearly deformed by the illness. Denmark. Representational image. Wikimedia Commons “The ...
lizleafloor - 16/05/2015 - 03:21
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Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2016: From Lost Cities to Ancient Tombs, Shrines, Maps and Unknown Species
... future findings. 8. Recently Discovered Scratched Stone in Denmark Could be One of The Earliest Maps in History Reports ...
ancient-origins - 31/12/2016 - 14:50
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When the Church Bells Ring: Themes and Proclivities of the Danish Folktale "Agnete and the Merman"
... Andersen in the garden of "Roligheden" near Copenhagen, Denmark. in 1869. ( Public Domain ) In contrast to these ... Odense University, Odense University Press: Odense, Denmark. Rossel, Sven Hakon. 1996. Hans Christian Andersen: ...
Riley Winters - 01/08/2016 - 02:22
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Tasty Treasures: 3,000 Plants, Spices, and Fruits Found on 15th Century Norse Shipwreck
... The ship, named Gribshunden , had belonged to King Hans of Denmark and had been on a voyage to attend a political summit ... of the Danish King Hans, also known as King John of Denmark, sank when sailing from Copenhagen to Kalmar, ...
Joanna Gillan - 11/02/2023 - 17:57
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A Polar Explorer Died Heating Up His Own Feces
... of Death for a Polar Explorer The ill-fated three-man “Denmark Expedition” was led by Danish ethnologist ... Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark , and the lead author of the new study, and he told ...
ashley cowie - 06/12/2020 - 13:24
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Mummy Juanita: The Sacrifice of the Inca Ice Maiden
... may depict the ritual of Capacocha. National Library of Denmark. ( Public Domain ) Juanita’s Death When Momia ...
dhwty - 25/03/2018 - 18:47
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Hobbyist Metal Detectorists Find Hoard of 3000-year-old Axes in Farmer's Field in Norway
... Huge Bronze Age axes discovered in a field in Jutland, Denmark Most European Men are Descended from just Three ... Spying on His Workers? First Viking Age Tower Found in Denmark Hiker stumbles upon 1,200-year-old Viking sword while ...
ancient-origins - 07/05/2017 - 14:04
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The Moora Mystery: What Happened When a Girl Stepped into the Moor 2,500 Years Ago?
... of the alps. Later bog mummies include the Bog Man from Denmark, the Yde Girl from the Netherlands, and others. ... Site with Human and Canine Remains Discovered in Denmark The right hand of the bog body known as Moora. ( ... body that has been discovered. The Koelbjerb Woman from Denmark surpasses her date of death by almost six thousand ...
Kayla Roy - 12/11/2016 - 14:35
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Vikings Didn’t Just Murder Monks and Pillage Monasteries – They Helped Spread Christianity Too
... soapstone mould from Trendgården in Jutland, Denmark, allowed the casting of metal Thor’s hammer amulets ... named after Harald because he united disparate parts of Denmark, while the technology unites communication devices. ... would follow, notably Erik of Sweden and Knud the Holy of Denmark. The Norse earldom of Orkney also produced a martyr ...
ancient-origins - 30/12/2019 - 23:03
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Viking Ships: More than Fearsome Weapons of the Open Seas
... deliberately sunk ca. 1070; Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark (Richard Mortel / CC BY 2.0 ) The difference between ...
Mark Brophy - 27/07/2022 - 18:57
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The Mysterious Mix of Myth and Sky Observations in Serbian Folk Astronomy
... sun chariot - a Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark. It shows a sun chariot, a bronze statue of a horse, ...
Natalia Klimczak - 10/08/2016 - 00:55
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Gammel Estrup Manor: Alchemy, Astronomy, and Secret Symbolism Revealed
... Saltford Manor Puzzling Stone Age Labyrinth Discovered in Denmark, What Was It Used For? View from east. The southern ... and Enigmatic Spirals of Golden Thread Uncovered in Denmark Painted draped curtains in the blue chamber. (Author ... a hot topic when Gammel Estrup was rebuilt, even though Denmark had turned to Protestantism. It is well-known that ...
Niels Bjerre Jorgensen - 13/04/2020 - 11:31
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Ancient bog body found in Ireland may be Iron Age sacrifice
... discoveries was Tollund Man , a 4 th century man found in Denmark, whose face is as preserved as the day he died. The ... Great Britain, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark. The majority date back to between 800 BC and 200 AD. ...
aprilholloway - 17/09/2014 - 02:30
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Genetic Analysis of a Frozen Andean Mummy Reveals a Previously Unknown Lineage
... may depict the ritual of Capacocha. National Library of Denmark. ( Public Domain ) It would have been a long and ...
Marilo - 17/11/2015 - 00:50
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Sailing into the Unknown: The Search for the Story Behind Stone Ships
... smaller. The largest one found to date was discovered in Denmark. This ‘Jelling stone ship’ was mostly destroyed, ... with Queen Thyra, the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, who reigned from c. 936 to 958 AD. Top Ten Builds by ...
Natalia Klimczak - 25/08/2016 - 03:43
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Excavation reveals bizarre Celtic burial with hybrid-animal bone arrangements
... of the legendary griffin An inner plate of the Gundestrup, Denmark, silver cauldron shows an antlered figure, possibly ...
Mark Miller - 12/07/2015 - 22:04
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Rare Roman Game Die Unearthed At Norwegian Burial Cairn
... found in the famous Vimose weapon-offering site at Fyn in Denmark , which is helping interpret this new discovery. ... the earlier discovery of the gaming pieces at Vimose in Denmark, the Norwegian archaeologists are able to deduce how ...
ashley cowie - 29/05/2020 - 03:25
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Anglo-Saxon Migration Created a ‘European’ Medieval England
... North Sea, especially from the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. Professor Ian Barnes, a Merit Researcher at the ... Saxons, and Jute tribes from north-western Germany and Denmark. The Bede wrote that these invasions “came over ...
Sahir - 22/09/2022 - 18:56
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The Saga of Norna-Gest: Does Man Control His Destiny?
... of his saga, was born to Thord of Thinghusbit from Denmark. His tale took an immediate turn, however, because ... the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok, the powerful Viking king of Denmark, as they were leaving for Rome. The most surprising ...
Riley Winters - 31/03/2015 - 03:53
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Ragnar Lothbrok: A Real Viking Hero Whose Life Became Lost to Legend
... the most illustrious literary work to come out of Medieval Denmark describing the country’s early history. The Anglo ... Lodbrog. The legendary Viking hero, who was also a king of Denmark and Sweden , was also known as Ragnar Sigurdsson, as ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 07/04/2019 - 22:12