Posted on 08/05/2012 6:28:12 AM PDT by Renfield
Theres no shortage of myths about the appearance of our notorious Viking ancestors.
To find out more about these myths, ScienceNordics 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...
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Just look for clues in their current population.
The men looked like Max von Sydow but with muscles.
:’)
more like a Viking-eater.
When we were watching the Olympics parade of the athletes, my husband and I both remarked about how good looking the Scandinavians are. Poles and Lithuanians are, too.
I like the one about Muslims bathing 5 times a day, once before each prayers session.
Yeah. Right. In the desert where water is like gold. Right. Let’s pour a bath five times a day. Maybe if you are the King or one of the princes. For the rest of the population, not gonna happen.
Go to the link, and look at the upper right corner of the first picture at the top. There is a grayed-out camera that says, “Open gallery.”
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