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Trailing the Mayflower - The Iconic Ship of a Pilgrim Voyage to the New World
... ship happened in 1609. The destination was Trondheim in Norway. It was hired by Andrew Pawling to take cargo from London to Norway. The crew was also instructed to buy tar, fish, and ...
Natalia Klimczak - 24/11/2020 - 21:02
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Was This Wounded Female Viking Really A Warrior?
... skeleton was excavated in a Viking graveyard in Solør, Norway, and was found to have been buried with an arsenal of ... skeleton was excavated in a Viking graveyard in Solør, Norway, and was found to have been buried with an arsenal of ...
ashley cowie - 04/11/2019 - 06:06
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Interesting Insight into Iron-Age Fashion
... patches and glaciers is taking place in the mountains of Norway as in other parts of the world, and hundreds of ... year,” Marianne Vedeler, from the University of Oslo, Norway, and Lise Bender Jørgensen, from the Norwegian ...
aprilholloway - 31/08/2013 - 02:26
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Ancient Pirita Convent Caught Up in a Terrible War
... Estonia shares with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania , Norway, Moldova, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine is a chain ... of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, which yielded the first accurate ...
Ed Whelan - 06/11/2019 - 01:52
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Harald Boehlke
Harald Sommerfeldt Boehlke was born in Oslo, Norway. He has lived abroad for several years: three years in ... documenting circumstances bearing upon the unification of Norway as a religious unity under the Norwegian ...
ancient-origins - 05/02/2013 - 01:13
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Clever King Harald: Swift Doom Targets the Viking Who Wants the English Throne – Part II
Harald Hardrada of Norway used cunning and surprising tactics to bring down ... to see victory after victory. Harald Hardrada of Norway used cunning and surprising tactics to bring down ...
Cam Rea - 22/12/2017 - 20:29
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Vikings Didn’t Just Pop into Canada for a Visit, They Stayed for Centuries
... is a 1000 year celebration of the Vikings of modern day Norway reaching America? Do you remember that 1992 ... is a 1000 year celebration of the Vikings of modern day Norway reaching America? Well that actually happened, and now ...
ashley cowie - 19/07/2019 - 17:04
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Discovery of Reindeer Antlers in Denmark may Rewrite Start of Viking Age
... a 793 AD raid in England. But researchers say people from Norway sailed to Ribe, Denmark, on peaceful missions much ... Dean Biggins/ Wikimedia Commons ) The sailing trips from Norway to Denmark helped the sailors establish the technology ...
Mark Miller - 24/04/2015 - 22:24
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Two Wolves Entwined: What did this Viking Ring Symbolize?
... with two wolf heads was found in Goa in Randaberg, Western Norway. Does the ring show Odin’s two ... with two wolf heads was found in Goa in Randaberg, Western Norway. Does the ring show Odin’s two wolves, Geri and ...
ancient-origins - 14/04/2018 - 01:46
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A Military Life for Clever King Harald: Serving the Empire and Stopping the Pirates – Part I
... for his half-brother, King Olaf II Haraldsson of Norway. However, Olaf would lose his throne to the Danish ... and bring him undercover to a remote farmhouse in eastern Norway where he would stay until he recovered from his ...
Cam Rea - 20/12/2017 - 15:16
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New study shows Viking women accompanied men on voyages to colonize far-flung lands
... Norwegians’ remains. She is evolutionary biologist at Norway’s University of Oslo. Leif Ericson on the shore of ... 1066 AD. These remains, which had been unearthed around Norway, are in a collection at the University of Oslo. The ...
Mark Miller - 09/12/2014 - 22:08
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The Ancient Game “Tablut” Has Survived Centuries
... across four nations - Finland, Russia, Sweden, and Norway. These Uralic-speaking peoples have lived here for ... dating back to 1100s and discovered in the 1980s in Norway. (CC BY 2.0 DEED / NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet ) A Revival ...
Aleksa Vučković - 14/12/2023 - 13:54
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Could Ancient Greek Myths Hint at Contact With South America?
... Thor Heyerdahl's raft Ra II, in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo, Norway. ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ) Ancient Greek Legend Seems to ...
ancient-origins - 27/05/2017 - 02:00
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Harald Bluetooth’s “Probable” Burial Mound Scanned By Satellites
... died around 935 AD, the new Viking ruler of Denmark and Norway became Harald Gormsson Bluetooth. While much is known ... was indeed built for the 10th century king of Denmark and Norway , Harald Gormsson Bluetooth. Bluetooth Treasure: Metal ...
ashley cowie - 30/06/2022 - 23:00
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1,000-Year-Old Middle Eastern Gold Earring Discovered in Scandinavia
... Viking Grave Found Under the Floorboards of a Home in Norway What Really Happened at Viking Funerals? It’s Not ... Discovery In the mid-7th century, people in Denmark , Norway and Sweden began invading the British Isles. In the ...
ashley cowie - 09/12/2021 - 21:59
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5,000 Years of History Still Standing In Scotland’s Shetland Isles
... in northern Scotland. Located halfway between Scotland and Norway, Shetland is an archipelago comprising about 100 ... in Egil's Sag a which tells of a couple eloping from Norway to Iceland who were shipwrecked and used the broch as ...
ashley cowie - 14/04/2023 - 19:45
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Peel Castle: Centuries of History, a Mysterious Pagan Lady, and a Phantom Dog
... Western Scottish Isles which was controlled by the King of Norway until the 13th century. In 1254 it was ceded to the ... itself was built in the 11th century by Vikings from Norway on the orders of King Magnus Barefoot . He conquered ...
Ed Whelan - 21/04/2019 - 22:41
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Never Offend a Viking or ‘The Thing’ Might Just Decide Your Fate
... The Tinghaugen mound in Frosta municipality in Central Norway where the Frostating governing assembly took place – ...
ancient-origins - 01/12/2017 - 18:50
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The Tower of London Was Once Home to a Polar Bear
... a polar bear who arrived in the 1250s. When King Haakon of Norway presented Henry III with a white bear as a sign of ... King Henry III's polar bear (a gift from the King of #Norway ) was let out on a collar and rope to fish in the ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 29/07/2023 - 22:51
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Eat Like a Viking: Ancient Gruel Was Tastier Than it Sounds!
... and Denmark. Oats were also common, alongside barley, in Norway. The Icelanders had some barley and oat cultivation ... in porridge and bread in other places, such as Sweden and Norway. Viking food, like this gruel, was a lot tastier than ... an important part of life in northern Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Cows were preferred over goats, though both were ...
Alicia McDermott - 20/09/2020 - 00:23