Norse Stone Authenticity Put To Test (Kensington Runestone)

AP ^ | 10-03-2003 | Travis Reed

[blam]

Just received an email from a FReeper who said they heard on their local news that the Swedish experts has declared the runestone authentic.

We're looking for printed confirmation to this report.

Stay tuned. The Vikings were here?

[Travis McGee]

If this was a "lost Viking expedition," what an adventure they must have lived!

[Pro-Bush]

BUMP!

[farmfriend]

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[skeptoid]

what's that?

[Lokibob]

Please ping me if you hear any more info. I'll look tomorrow and see what I can find.

[July 4th]

This is it: click here. I made it a link, because the pic is 400k.

It's in really good condition. Almost too good.

[blam]

Kensington Runestone Home Page

Kensington Runestone

"Eight Goths and 22 Norwegians on a journey of exploration from Vinland very far west. We had camp by two rocky islands one day's journey north from this stone. We were out fishing one day. After we came home we found ten men red with blood and dead. AVM save from evil. Have ten men by the sea to look after our ships fourteen days' journey from this island. Year 1362"

[Pro-Bush]

Viking rune from Sweden. It is dedicated to swedish king Sven.

[Pro-Bush]

Awesome, thanks!

[SaveTheChief]

I have seen the Kensington Runestone on a few occasions. It is impressive and fairly large, having been used as a ballast stone on a ship. It would be a shame if this is somehow proven to be a fraud.

There is a museum in Alexandria for this stone. I believe the museum has photos of the excavation and the Norwegian farmer who discovered it in the roots of an old tree.

I am interested to read the difinitive results from the Swede lab.

[struwwelpeter]

So it's a 200-lb Post-It note?

[blam]

"So it's a 200-lb Post-It note?"

Yup. Looks like a lot of work not to say anymore than they did.

[GeronL]

the first few words of the first paragraph say it all.

[Agnes Heep]

In his 1832 account of the North American Indian tribes he visited, George Catlin observed that the Mandans (very few of whose descendents are alive today) had physical features that were completely unlike any of the neighboring tribes in the Northwest; almost Caucasian. He noted also that their religious tradition included many elements that recapitulated Hebrew elements, such as the Noah legend. He explained these curious facts by speculating that the Mandans had assimilated white explorers or missionaries at some time in the past. That, of course, is likely true, but it's interesting to think that those explorers might have been Norsemen, exploring the interior of the continent long before conventional knowledge suggests.

[GeronL]

Its authenticity may forever be in question, but

Oh yeah, that squares with the headline real well.

[shamusotoole]

New info at this link.

http://www.runestonemuseum.org/new_runestone_info.htm

[Norse]

LONG LIVE THE VIKINGS!