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christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com
Christoph S

Retracing walrus ivory trade of Viking Age reveals early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans https://phys.org/news/2024-09-retracing-walrus-ivory-viking-age.html

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic Indigenous peoples were probably meeting and trading ivory in remote parts of High Arctic Greenland, several centuries before Christopher Columbus "discovered" North America.

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Retracing walrus ivory trade of Viking Age reveals early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic Indigenous peoples were probably meeting and...

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christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com
Christoph S

Vikings and Cats - Medievalists.net

Did the Vikings keep cats as pets? A recent study reveals that felines were much more part of Norse society than previously believed.

In an article published in Current Swedish Archaeology, Matthias Toplak presents a re-evaluation of the roles of domestic cats in Viking Age Scandinavia. He challenges traditional interpretations shaped by medieval mythology and shows how archaeological evidence provides a more nuanced perspective on the significance of cats in Viking society.

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https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/vikings-cats/

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Katherine Bond

Interesting. Judging by the sagas, it was the women who generally instigated divorce. All that was required was for them to assemble witnesses, cite their reasons and declare themselves divorced. This had to occur three times: in their bedroom, in front of the house and before a public assembly.

https://historycollection.com/eight-facts-love-marriage-viking-style/8/

#vikings #divorce #humor.

Viking Love: 8 Facts about Love and Love Making Among the Vikings

Viking women could divorce their husbands Viking women may have had to put up with their spouse’s affairs. However, they didn’t have to put up with their husbands ‘until death‘. Although a Norse wife could not divorce her husband for being...

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