Evidence that Vikings arrived in Americas stuns archaeologists and cracks age-old mystery
The evidence turns previous assertions that the Italian Christopher Columbus was the first foreigner to step foot in the New ...
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Was She A Brave Viking Warrior, Or A Cold-Hearted Murderess?
Over 1,000 years ago, when the Vikings sailed to Vinland, now known as Newfoundland, multiple women were among the group, […] ...
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Leif Erikson (11th century)
Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson ... In 1963, archaeologists found ruins of a Viking-type settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland, which correspond to Leif's description ...
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Remembering a Unique Piece of American History This Leif Erikson Day
Anderson that suggested several fanciful disembarkation spots for the intrepid Viking, including in Rhode Island and Massachusetts (and is one reason why there’s a statue of Leif Erikson in ...
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Where did the Vikings travel to?
A Viking called Erik the Red discovered Greenland. It was Erick’s son, Leif Erikson, who sailed even further west and became the first European to visit the Americas. Leif had heard stories of ...
What’s all this about ‘Syttende Mai?’
By Carolyn Spargo     Norway has a long history beginning with the well-known Vikings. Their first king was Harold I who introduced Christianity in Norway in ...