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Why was a 9th century Viking woman buried with a ring that says ‘for Allah’ on it?
Washington Post ^
| March 18, 2015
| Adam Taylor
Posted on 02/05/2016 12:57:25 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: SunkenCiv
History ping. Not sure if this was posted back in 2015 or not. I searched Google and didn’t pull up anything on FR.
To: beaversmom
Probably an Antonio Banderas fan.
To: beaversmom
Most women have had a first or Secret Love they don’t talk to their present spouses about.
To: beaversmom
Vikings kicked some Muslim butt and kept the spoils. They did not speak Arabic. Wife liked the ring so he gave it to her. They had no idea what it said.
To: beaversmom
Wow not often you find a real ring engraved with the dark speech of Mordor.
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:01:33 PM PST
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: beaversmom
Loot
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:01:42 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: beaversmom
bought as a slave by the Vikings perhaps? Although that doesn’t explain how she maintained her Islamic “religion.”
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:01:43 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: beaversmom
Hopefully her husband took it from a dead Muslim.
To: lee martell
likely picked up during a viking raid and the guy didn’t know what it said except that it was silver and that’s what his wife wanted.
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02/05/2016 1:02:20 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
( !)
To: txnativegop
sorry, my eyes were crossed, misread the article.
spoils of raiding, oh those pesky Vikings!
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:03:04 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: beaversmom
Must be where the Vikings got their rape and pillage rep.
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:03:54 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
“I do not ask for pardon, Master Elrond, for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West.”
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:05:33 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Resolute Conservative
Vikings kicked some Muslim butt and kept the spoils. They did not speak Arabic. Wife liked the ring so he gave it to her. They had no idea what it said.That's what I think happened.
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Nine rings for mortal men doomed to die.
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:06:38 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: CJ Wolf
That’s an even better explanation. Many people have little War Tokens from far away lands that no one else knows about.
Silver is silver, wherever it’s found.
To: beaversmom
Vikings met up in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean after traveling their from both the Atlantic and the Volga River.
Where is the surprise that a Viking brought home a souvenier?
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02/05/2016 1:09:38 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: beaversmom
Vikings made it all the way down to Islamic countries to plunder, that’s why.
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02/05/2016 1:09:56 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
First thing I thought of as well.
To: beaversmom
The Vikings were well known slave traders. Often taking Irish women to trade to the hsrems of Cordoba. The returns may well have included jewelry such as this.
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