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A Viking Burial Described by Arab Writer Ahmad ibn Fadlan
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| May 12, 2012
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Posted on 09/27/2014 2:26:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, (Photo: norskevaapen.no)
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09/27/2014 2:26:32 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:26:59 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; All
Think I saw this.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:30:47 PM PDT
by
gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
To: gura
“Lo, there do I see my father...”
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:33:57 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: SunkenCiv
Sounds a lot like the Michael Crichton novel and film, The Thirteenth Warrior. Antonio Banderas played the visiting Arab prince who joined up with a bunch of Viking warriors. A good story. Those Vikings were badasses.
The girls were rather, uh, promiscuous in that tale too.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:34:05 PM PDT
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Gideon7
To: SunkenCiv
The role of the thrall girl would make for a very twisted movie.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:35:39 PM PDT
by
ansel12
To: Gideon7
Good book and movie...
The movie was called the 13th warrior, the name of the book was different which escapes me at the moment...
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09/27/2014 2:39:47 PM PDT
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Popman
(Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: ansel12
I’d be surprised if it hasn’t been made. :’)
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09/27/2014 2:39:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Gideon7
I think it was Eric the Red’s daughter, during a two ship expedition to hell and gone, wanted the women aboard the other ship killed, and when her father wouldn’t do it, she went over during the night and did it herself.
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09/27/2014 2:42:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Popman
Eaters of the Dead.
I think they changed it because audiences would expect a much different movie with that title.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:45:05 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: Gideon7
That’s because elements of the Crichton novel and the film were based on ibn Fadlan’s chronicle of his travels.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:45:16 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Popman
“Eaters of the Dead” by the late, brilliant author Michael Crichton.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:45:48 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Popman
Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
Well worth reading.
Crichton took a bunch of it from the account of Ibn Fadlan, so no surprise concerning similarities.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:47:35 PM PDT
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buwaya
To: Caipirabob
Thank you....yes... he was brillant...
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:49:27 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: Bogey78O
Thanks..
Yea....a movie about Vikings and an arab prince with that name might be a issue with all the teenage slasher movie buffs...
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:52:57 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: gura
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:53:08 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: gura
Vikings?
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:54:02 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
Eaters of The Dead was Crichton’s rewriting of Beowulf
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:01:30 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
To: SunkenCiv
to put the subject into a state known as psychic..
they better make the new joisey medium on TLC take a breath test. 8 -o
it could explain a lot.. or not. )
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:07:08 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: ansel12
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:07:50 PM PDT
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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