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Silfurberg
SilfurbergWhen I was about 9 years old, my grandmother gave me a piece of Iceland Spar, it had belonged to my grandfather and she felt I ought to have it. Iceland Spar This is the piece, my kids have...
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Sunstones
SunstonesInspired by Tim Hamilton's facebook post I played a bit with my old bit of silfurberg this weekendIn particular, I was curious to test whether there was some plausibility to birefringent...
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Chris Kluwe, The Vikings, And Sports Privilege
Chris Kluwe, The Vikings, And Sports Privilege Utah has gay marriage. Say no more. It's officially over at the highest levels, folks. You can't spend decades legislating and ordering equality from the...
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Secrets of the Runic Lion
Secrets of the Runic LionThe Lion of Pireus is a large 4th century BC marble statue that was moved from Pireus, the port of Athens, to Venice in 1688. It is now at the city's Arsenal. The Lion has...
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New Popular Book On The Viking Period
New Popular Book On The Viking PeriodAnders Winroth (born in 1965) is a Swedish historian who received his PhD from Columbia in 1996 and now holds an endowed professorship in history at Yale. He has...
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The Aska Barrow Is A Huge Building Platform
The Aska Barrow Is A Huge Building PlatformIt's been a busy couple of days with a lot of publicity. Monday morning a paper I've co-authored with my friend, geophysics specialist Andreas Viberg, was...
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Viking Crucifix
Viking CrucifixMetal detectorist Dennis Fabricius Holm made a pretty sweet find yesterday: the third known Birka crucifix.These little wonders of 10th century goldsmith work are named for the first...
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Metal Detectorist Tattoo #6 - KvanliDetectorist John Kvanli is the chairman of Rygene detektorklubb and one of Norway's most prominent proponents of collaboration between amateurs and professionals in...
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Viking Imagery Contested On Pizza Box
Viking Imagery Contested On Pizza BoxA buddy & colleague of mine took this picture in an Eslöv pizza place, commenting drily that it's a fine example of how the cultural heritage can be used. We've...
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A Female Viking Warrior Interred at Birka
A Female Viking Warrior Interred at BirkaIn archaeology, we distinguish osteological sex from artefact gender. Osteo-sex is with very few exceptions (odd chromosomal setups) the same thing as what your...
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