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  1. Tunn11

    Viking Longships

    Couldn't find this on a search and I don't know whether it has been brought up before but what were the Viking longship "figureheads" designed to look like? ignoring mast/sails there is a long neck, small head and a lower tail. Rather than dragons could they have been based on a typical "long...
  2. rynner2

    Viking Ship Rediscovered

    Builder found Vikings washed up at pub Jack Malvern Archaeologists believe they have found the only intact Viking boat in Britain beneath the patio of a Merseyside pub. The 10th-century vessel was discovered in the 1930s by builders excavating the basement of the Railway Inn on the Wirral...
    • rynner2
    • Thread
    • 10th century 1930s archaeology archeology john mcrae knut paasche liverpool university merseyside norway nottingham university pubs ships & shipping stephen harding the railway inn the vikings the wirral peninsula
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Earth Mysteries: Historical & Classical Cases
  3. OneWingedBird

    Viking-Era Discoveries & Theories

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6338535.stm
  4. James_H

    Odin: A Real Person?

    A bit of a query here: one of my good friends was reading a book he was given for christmas called "the real middle earth" which is a popular history type thing about the factual (and mythological) basis for Tolkien's Lord of the Rings mythos. He didn't enjoy it one bit, apart from the...
    • James_H
    • Thread
    • gods & goddesses myths & mythology norse mythology odin royalty snori sturlson the vikings
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Religions & Cults
  5. MrRING

    Viking Berserkers: What Did They Drink?

    Going on the assumption that the phenomenon of Berserkers in Viking raiding parties were real - what potion did they drink to make them "impervious" to pain? A hallucinagen of some kind? A numbing drink? Is there any archeological or socialogical evidence in existance as to what they were?
  6. A

    The Vinland Map

    Map of Vinland carbon dated The article is available online at http://www.radiocarbon.org.
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