[MR] Vikings

[Bill Mauldin]

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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:22:35 EST
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Subject: [MR] European archaeology bits and pieces (Fwd: [Explorator]
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In a message dated 11/14/2005 10:00:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
Explorator at yahoogroups.com writes:

'Aryan'  burial mounds from Armenia:

http://tinyurl.com/b2ap9 (AP via  Yahoo)

Somewhat brief (and vague) item on the find of some  possible
Viking artifacts in  Norway:

http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=16585

...  while an academic in the UK has a nice collection of  Viking
footwear:

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-11-8/34336.html

...  and a very brief item on a 600 b.p. boat  burial:

http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=16486

Iron  Age burial on  Shetland:

http://www.physorg.com/news7929.html

Anglo-Saxon  remains at a US airbase in the UK:

http://tinyurl.com/d9jwx  (CEN)

Excavating the site of the second battle of  Sherrifmuir:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/50528.html


On the lecture series I am listening to, there were several mentions that in
one of the viking burial sites a gold Buddah was among the treasure part.
The vikings definitely had the best merchant in Europe in a time we refer to
as the "Dark Ages."         Geffrei Maudeleyne