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What Vikings really looked like
ScienceNordic ^
| 7-29-2012
| Irene Berg Sørensen
Posted on 08/05/2012 6:28:12 AM PDT by Renfield
There’s no shortage of myths about the appearance of our notorious Viking ancestors.
To find out more about these myths, ScienceNordic’s Danish partner site, videnskab.dk, asked its Facebook readers to list their favourite myths about what the Vikings looked like.
We have picked out five myths from the resulting debate and asked researchers to help us confirm or bust these myths.
Armed with this information, our graphic designer then took a shot at drawing some examples of our infamous forefathers, which you can see in our picture gallery...
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenordic.com ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; scandinavia; vikings
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:28:17 AM PDT
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Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:28:50 AM PDT
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
I’ve seen enough Vikings to know what they look like and how they acted...not going to fool me.
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:34:53 AM PDT
by
BobL
(Cruz'd to Victory - July 31, 2012)
To: Renfield
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:36:20 AM PDT
by
Tennessee Nana
(Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
To: Renfield
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:39:46 AM PDT
by
Riptides
To: Renfield
Dark Hair and striking beauty!
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:41:00 AM PDT
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar said "Quae cum ita sunt. Since these things are so.".)
To: Renfield
A few years ago I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's disease. It's not a big deal - "an inherited connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand."
When I researched it I discovered that - "Tradition has it that the disease originated with the Vikings, who spread it throughout Northern Europe and beyond as they traveled and intermarried."
So, along with being Irish I guess I have a little Viking in me too. Cool.
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:41:38 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: cibco
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:42:11 AM PDT
by
defconw
(RIP ANDREW!)
To: Renfield
Crap. He looks like a metrosexual.
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:43:46 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
To: Renfield
Got an ancient Viking right here
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:44:10 AM PDT
by
MuttTheHoople
(Obama does not have the work ethic to be Anti-Christ.)
To: MuttTheHoople
I was wondering how many posts were going to go by before Tarkenton was posted.. Nice job!
To: oh8eleven
and where do you think those red-headed Irish came from?
Skol!
You should check out the DNA project
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:56:10 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
To: Renfield
Doesn’t look like much of a techno dancer to me.
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posted on
08/05/2012 6:57:16 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Renfield
You mean this isnt even close?!
To: Tennessee Nana
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posted on
08/05/2012 7:02:41 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: Renfield
The article mentions a picture gallery. Anybody know how to access it?
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posted on
08/05/2012 7:08:09 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Renfield
And this is what a Bear looks like :P
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posted on
08/05/2012 7:11:44 AM PDT
by
erod
(This Chicagoan will crawl over broken glass to vote the fake Chicagoan Obama out!)
To: Renfield
~In the Irish annals, Danish and Norwegian Vikings are described as ‘dark-skinned’ and ‘beautiful blondes’ respectively – the contemporary Irish ‘dubgaill’ and ‘finngaill’. According to Peter Pentz of the Danish National Museum, there is an ongoing debate within scientific circles about the exact meaning of these words. ~
Friggin' Irish. Compared to the typical mic, everybody is a swarthy latino. If you even shine a halogen flashlight on us we burst into flames.
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posted on
08/05/2012 7:22:18 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(Goode over evil. Voting for mitt or obie is like throwing your country away.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Just left-click on the little gray camera that says, “open gallery”.
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posted on
08/05/2012 7:23:43 AM PDT
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Sirius Lee
Friggin' Irish. Compared to the typical mic, everybody is a swarthy latino. If you even shine a halogen flashlight on us we burst into flames. Vampires, then, are you?
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posted on
08/05/2012 7:25:25 AM PDT
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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