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Things: Old Viking Parliaments, Courts And Community Assemblies
... at the Alþingi ( Althing ) national parliament of Iceland founded in 930 AD at Þingvellir (assembly fields) ...
ashley cowie - 29/04/2020 - 19:27
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Cursing of Coprnice: The Good and Evil of Croatian Folklore
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Is this the creature that inspired tales of the legendary Kraken?
Captain John Bennett and his crew were stunned when they dragged onto their fishing boat a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates, while fishing in Antarctica’s remote Ross Sea. It was an enormous 350 kg (770 pound) squid which they had hauled up from one mile below the surface. Could this have been the creature that inspired tales of the legendary Kraken, rumoured to devour men and crush ships?
aprilholloway - 18/09/2014 - 00:00
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The Symbolic Key to a Viking Woman’s Independence
By ThorNews
A large number of ornate keys from the Viking Age (c. 800-1066 AD) have been found in female graves and as individual findings. Bronze keys made with superb craftsmanship were used as a status symbol by women and were often small works of art worn on a belt around the waist.
ancient-origins - 04/11/2017 - 00:49
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A Brief History of a Dutch Island - Manhattan
... a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail? First complete ...
Natalia Klimczak - 22/04/2016 - 03:54
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A Pilgrimage of Thought, Pt 3: Dante Treks through the Inferno of Satan
... Tale of Thorstein Shiver: Hell Confirmed for Pagans during Iceland Saga Age The Hellfire Caves of West Wycombe Cerberus: ...
Riley Winters - 25/08/2015 - 03:57
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7 Phantom Islands We Never Really Discovered
... Islands , the Faroes, or had even sailed as far as Iceland or Norway. Another theory is that the island could ...
Robbie Mitchell - 23/01/2023 - 17:58
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Globalization & International Trade Started 1,000 Years Ago!
... to Canada to get lumber to bring back to Greenland and Iceland , where trees were scarce. Similar encounters around ...
ancient-origins - 13/06/2020 - 17:34
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L'Anse aux Meadows: Discovery of Norse settlement in Canada Proved Viking Sagas Contain Real History
... They were built in a style that was similar to Viking-era Iceland and Greenland, in which presumably those of high ...
Ed Whelan - 23/09/2018 - 22:46
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Kiusta Village: Millennia of First Nations History and Culture Passed to the Next Generation
The First Nations in Canada have a rich history and on the Pacific coast of Canada, there are many archaeological sites that are of great importance. One of these is the Haida village of Kiusta in British Columbia. It is not only a significant archaeological site, it is also a center for the revitalization of Haida Culture. Here visitors can really understand the culture and lives of the First Nation people who flourished in the Pacific Northwest for millennia.
Ed Whelan - 07/11/2018 - 01:56
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Highly Unusual Glistening Hoard Of Viking Silver Discovered In Sweden
A hoard of Viking silver has been discovered in an ancient building in Sweden, and the discovery is being described as “highly unusual.” The trove of silver necklaces, bracelets and coins was unearthed in Viggbyholm, Greater Stockholm at an ancient farm discovered in 2019.
ashley cowie - 03/12/2020 - 17:57
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New study reveals Vikings could navigate after dark using sun-compass and mythical sunstone
... helped the great Norse mariners to navigate their way to Iceland and even as far as North America during the Viking ...
aprilholloway - 26/03/2014 - 22:07
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Norman Artifacts Indicate Long-lost Monastery Has Been Found in Ireland
... the area. Viking beaters: Scots and Irish may have settled Iceland a century before Norsemen 800-Year-Old Church in ...
Ed Whelan - 02/08/2019 - 19:01
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Atlantis Revealed: Plato's Cautionary Tale Was Based On A Real Setting
... hopping (through Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland.) Several clues and archeological ... also exist in Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe islands and Iceland, essentially all the island stops to North America ...
Christos Djonis - 12/06/2015 - 14:25
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Gate to Hell Guardians Were Used to Ward People Off Deadly Cave
... Tale of Thorstein Shiver: Hell Confirmed for Pagans during Iceland Saga Age Fengdu Ghost City: Testing Your Soul in the ...
aprilholloway - 03/12/2017 - 14:04
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5000-Year-Old Prehistoric Temple Discovered On Scottish Island
... Island Viking beaters: Scots and Irish may have settled Iceland a century before Norsemen Cremated bones in ...
ashley cowie - 24/01/2021 - 13:57
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The Celestial Monsters and Demonic Wizards Of The French King’s Surgeon, Ambroise Pare
Sometimes we lie in bed at night and think about our increasing mortgage repayments, getting that new car, or that idiot beside you at work, but there was a time in all of our lives when we lay there, eyes peeking over the duvet, frozen stiff with utter terror at the prospect of a monster in the cupboard, or one climbing out of that trap door beneath your bed, that you could never find, but knew was there. Monsters. Where on Earth, or otherwise, did they come from?
ashley cowie - 07/09/2018 - 19:00
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European Monarchies Pay Their Respects at the Funeral of Greece's Last King
... from which various kings of Denmark , Sweden , Norway and Iceland were also descended. That house supplied the people ...
Nathan Falde - 17/01/2023 - 21:59
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The Zeno Map And Travels Of the 14th-Century Venetian Zeno Brothers
... which clearly distinguishes Norway, Sweden, Greenland and Iceland, as depicted by the respective place names on the ...
Pierluigi Tombetti - 11/12/2020 - 19:47
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Ancient Superstitions Pervade India as Modern ‘Witch Hunt’ Leaves Mother and Children Dead
A shocking story from India is showing that in some areas of the world old superstitions are still alive and leading to terrible crimes. The belief in witchcraft is still common in many areas of India and is leading to ‘witch hunts’ that result in torture and murder. In a recent incident a woman accused of being a witch was murdered, along with her four children.
Ed Whelan - 31/01/2019 - 13:53