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By (user no longer on site) OP
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There will be a program about the vikings tonight on bbc1 8.30pm to 10pm, so pretty long program.
Historian dan snow and space archaeologist dr sarah parcak reveal that the influence of the vikings extended much further than most of us realise.
In north america the two excavate what could be the most westerly viking settlement ever discovered.
Will you also watch it?, it will be an interesting watch  |
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The Vikings went all over the shop, and not just to rape & pillage...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_expansion |
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Dan Snow, aka Future Husband number three (behind or possibly alongside Ben Cohen and Daniel Craig). It's nice, as a history geek, that there's some geek totty. |
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"Yeah, Leif Erikson explored the coast of North America c.1000AD and L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland provides archaeological evidence of pre-Columban, European settlement of N. America. "
I used to frequent the Leif Erikson Centre for Sailors in the Port of Miami, so his influence remains.  |
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"I heard the vikings found America or was there before columbus.....Yes I heard as well that the vikings discovered america.
*beats head against brick wall*
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Yes, just checked and it was right what you said about leif, where Leif Erikson first landed in ca. 1000, approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of christopher columbus. |
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"Dan Snow, aka Future Husband number three (behind or possibly alongside Ben Cohen and Daniel Craig). It's nice, as a history geek, that there's some geek totty. "
indeed he is x  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There will be a program about the vikings tonight on bbc1 8.30pm to 10pm, so pretty long program.
Historian dan snow and space archaeologist dr sarah parcak reveal that the influence of the vikings extended much further than most of us realise.
In north america the two excavate what could be the most westerly viking settlement ever discovered.
Will you also watch it?, it will be an interesting watch "
loving the series Vikings done by the history channel |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I still think it's bizarre that you can discover a contingent that was already occupied by an indigenous people.
(Even though those people may also have migrated from Asia)
So Columbus was way off on even more things. The fucking monster. |
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"I heard the vikings found America or was there before columbus.....Yes I heard as well that the vikings discovered america.
*beats head against brick wall*
Yes, just checked and it was right what you said about leif, where Leif Erikson first landed in ca. 1000, approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of christopher columbus."
Recent Archaeological evidence suggests the Romans my have got there before the Vikings |
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"I heard the vikings found America or was there before columbus.....Yes I heard as well that the vikings discovered america.
*beats head against brick wall*
Yes, just checked and it was right what you said about leif, where Leif Erikson first landed in ca. 1000, approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of christopher columbus.
Recent Archaeological evidence suggests the Romans my have got there before the Vikings"
Interesting...
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"It would be awful if anyone lowered the tone by mentioning that they find an 8" fossilised poo........... true..... they do..... but don't mention it."
Only if you said they found a fossilised king size mars bar wrapper next to it |
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"It would be awful if anyone lowered the tone by mentioning that they find an 8" fossilised poo........... true..... they do..... but don't mention it.
Only if you said they found a fossilised king size mars bar wrapper next to it"
....held next to a Sky remote or a 1 pint can.
What is a "Space Archaeologist" btw? |
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"It would be awful if anyone lowered the tone by mentioning that they find an 8" fossilised poo........... true..... they do..... but don't mention it.
Only if you said they found a fossilised king size mars bar wrapper next to it
....held next to a Sky remote or a 1 pint can.
What is a "Space Archaeologist" btw?"
Archaeologist of human made items in space |
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Can we please use the correct terminology?
'Viking' is a verb, it's what people did, it means to go sea-raiding. Call it the Old Norse word for pirate.
The people were Danes, Norse and Swedes, collectively known by the language(s) they spoke - Norse.
Sorry, its a bugbear of mine. |
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"I'd like to watch this. It'll be interesting to see what the ancient ShagTonights really were getting up to."
Yes the vikings are my ancestors and it is in my dna, yeah fun to see what they was doing back then.
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"Can we please use the correct terminology?
'Viking' is a verb, it's what people did, it means to go sea-raiding. Call it the Old Norse word for pirate.
The people were Danes, Norse and Swedes, collectively known by the language(s) they spoke - Norse.
Sorry, its a bugbear of mine."
Ish...
The form "viking" is attested in 1820. The word is a historians' revival; it was not used in Middle English, but it was reintroduced from Old Norse vikingr "freebooter, sea-rover, pirate, viking," which usually is explained as meaning properly "one who came from the fjords," from vik "creek, inlet, small bay" (cognate with Old English wic, Middle High German wich "bay," and second element in Reykjavik).
But Old English wicing and Old Frisian wizing are almost 300 years older than the earliest attestation of the Old Norse word, and probably derive from wic "village, camp" (large temporary camps were a feature of the Viking raids), related to Latin vicus "village, habitation" (see villa).
The connection between the Norse and Old English words is still much debated.
The period of Viking activity was roughly 8c. to 11c.
In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the raiding armies generally were referred to as þa Deniscan "the Danes," while those who settled in England were identified by their place of settlement.
Old Norse viking (n.) meant "freebooting voyage, piracy;" one would "go on a viking" (fara í viking). |
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"The Vikings might of got to the America's first but they never told anyone about it, America is what it is today because of Columbus ."
I'm sure all those natives that he raped, slaughtered, sold to slavery and used as dog food will be very happy for their sacrifice.
He also never actually got to American soil.
And he thought he was in India. |
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"There will be a program about the vikings tonight on bbc1 8.30pm to 10pm, so pretty long program.
Historian dan snow and space archaeologist dr sarah parcak reveal that the influence of the vikings extended much further than most of us realise.
In north america the two excavate what could be the most westerly viking settlement ever discovered.
Will you also watch it?, it will be an interesting watch "
If it's about Scandinavians they can fuck off!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There will be a program about the vikings tonight on bbc1 8.30pm to 10pm, so pretty long program.
Historian dan snow and space archaeologist dr sarah parcak reveal that the influence of the vikings extended much further than most of us realise.
In north america the two excavate what could be the most westerly viking settlement ever discovered.
Will you also watch it?, it will be an interesting watch
If it's about Scandinavians they can fuck off! "
Oi, that's not v nice! We're not all bad!! |
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"There will be a program about the vikings tonight on bbc1 8.30pm to 10pm, so pretty long program.
Historian dan snow and space archaeologist dr sarah parcak reveal that the influence of the vikings extended much further than most of us realise.
In north america the two excavate what could be the most westerly viking settlement ever discovered.
Will you also watch it?, it will be an interesting watch
If it's about Scandinavians they can fuck off! "
yes it was a good programme the bog Iron was the decider in the end. |
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Watched a documentary about the native Indians that migrated to north America from Asia about 12,000 years ago then they done further DNA checks and other artifacts that the first settlers in North America were of European descent 25-30,000 years ago. So the Native Indians were of mixed race anyway. |
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"It was a good programme and great result at the end. I hop that more settlements are uncovered elsewhere in North America. "
I enjoyed it too. Who knew my ancestors got to America first!! |
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By *uslaffMan
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"Can we please use the correct terminology?
'Viking' is a verb, it's what people did, it means to go sea-raiding. Call it the Old Norse word for pirate.
The people were Danes, Norse and Swedes, collectively known by the language(s) they spoke - Norse.
Sorry, its a bugbear of mine."
Errrrm no,Vikings sounds better,more dramatic.
You'll just have to deal with it. |
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