+OverSword Posted November 26, 2019 #101 Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, hetrodoxly said: Your claiming the history of your country is more important than mine. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 26, 2019 #102 Share Posted November 26, 2019 This is fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted November 26, 2019 #103 Share Posted November 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, OverSword said: It was. No it wasn't, it shows how dangerous googling can be with no knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 26, 2019 #104 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, hetrodoxly said: No it wasn't, it shows how dangerous googling can be with no knowledge. I googled nothing, I just have a hobbyist's interest in the period. Judging by the pictures you're the one who is googling. And that's fine, nothing wrong with that. Edited November 26, 2019 by OverSword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted November 27, 2019 #105 Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 5:46 PM, OverSword said: Loot. You know, stolen from someone. Not Norse. Did I say anywhere in that very small sentence, anything about it being Norse? You should also educate yourself on what a "Viking" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 27, 2019 #106 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Sakari said: Did I say anywhere in that very small sentence, anything about it being Norse? You should also educate yourself on what a "Viking" is. Norse is from a geographic area, viking is a raider/marauder from that area. You would glean not much about Norse, what you were pointing out, by examining a vikings loot, what the article is about. You're welcome. Edited November 27, 2019 by OverSword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted November 27, 2019 #107 Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 minute ago, OverSword said: Norse is from a geographic area, viking is a raider/marauder from that area. Thanks. Close. Kind of. Marvel, and the History channel have it wrong. Norse: Of, or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia. Norse(Adjective) Of, or relating to the North Germanic group of languages. Norse(ProperNoun) A collective term for Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people. Viking....Best description I could find without typing a long reply. http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/text/word_viking.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 27, 2019 #108 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Basically what I said. I didn’t click the Viking link but a more precise definition is that Viking was the name of an action. We are going viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted November 27, 2019 #109 Share Posted November 27, 2019 5 hours ago, OverSword said: Basically what I said. I didn’t click the Viking link but a more precise definition is that Viking was the name of an action. We are going viking Here's a nice coin minted by the the Viking Norse king Harald Hardrada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 27, 2019 #110 Share Posted November 27, 2019 41 minutes ago, hetrodoxly said: Here's a nice coin minted by the the Viking Norse king Harald Hardrada. You got me there. However if you google Harald and google the age of the Vikings he dies and it ends in 1066. So I suppose he was the very last Viking. Thanks, did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted November 27, 2019 #111 Share Posted November 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, OverSword said: You got me there. However if you google Harald and google the age of the Vikings he dies and it ends in 1066. So I suppose he was the very last Viking. Thanks, did not know that. Here's one of the Viking Norse king Olaf Haraldsson, the grandfather of Harald Hardrada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festina Posted November 28, 2019 #112 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) Pretty Gold Artifacts that are essentially useless — treasure? An original copy of Manetho’s Egyptian History or any Lost [code for intententially destroyed] historical work of the ancients — REAL TREASURE The punishment too great for the crime, their loss of the goods was punishment enough — eighteen years in jail funded by taxpayers — A waste of money. Edited November 28, 2019 by Festina Lente Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolci Posted December 18, 2019 #113 Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 2:45 PM, hetrodoxly said: ...entry to museums in the UK is free of charge. Is that enough info? Not quite. You forgot to include your sorces. Every time I go to a museum I have to pay. Interesting isn't it? Is there a secret free pass I can apply for? Please can you direct me to the website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted December 18, 2019 #114 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rolci said: Not quite. You forgot to include your sorces. Every time I go to a museum I have to pay. Interesting isn't it? Is there a secret free pass I can apply for? Please can you direct me to the website? Living in New Zealand, how often do you visit museums in the UK? https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/case-study/free-entry-to-museums-in-the-uk/ https://freetoursbyfoot.com/free-museums-in-london/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted December 18, 2019 #115 Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Rolci said: Not quite. You forgot to include your sorces. Every time I go to a museum I have to pay. Interesting isn't it? Is there a secret free pass I can apply for? Please can you direct me to the website? What Museums have you had to pay to enter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted December 18, 2019 #116 Share Posted December 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, hetrodoxly said: What Museums have you had to pay to enter? I'm not in the UK or NZ.. U.S. is a mixed bag of free or not museums. A lot of the bigger ones charge some fees/tickets.. and can depend on where or if one is a resident. A lot of smaller and more local ones are free and depend on donations and/or local taxes rather than charging an admission. A lot have a bit of something you can buy for a keepsake if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Spectre Posted February 24, 2020 #117 Share Posted February 24, 2020 "It is a criminal offence to not declare finds of treasure to the local coroner's office." To any educated person, that sentence is criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted February 25, 2020 #118 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 11/24/2019 at 12:28 PM, cathya said: Report it to the coroner's office? Why? Coronor means something different in the UK. The US only uses a coronor for death cases, except in some remote areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted February 25, 2020 #119 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I'm curious... How does this treasure law, work with all the treasure Brits dug up in Egypt and around the world? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted February 25, 2020 #120 Share Posted February 25, 2020 8 hours ago, quiXilver said: I'm curious... How does this treasure law, work with all the treasure Brits dug up in Egypt and around the world? ? The law didn't exist then, you can imagine what treasures disappeared here and in Egypt and still do before laws were put in place. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted February 25, 2020 #121 Share Posted February 25, 2020 4 hours ago, hetrodoxly said: The law didn't exist then, you can imagine what treasures disappeared here and in Egypt and still do before laws were put in place. Yea I know. I was being Facetious. So many of those treasures in the Brit museums are the cultural history of the 'appropriated colonies'. I find it nauseating to enter museums with such 'collections'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted February 25, 2020 #122 Share Posted February 25, 2020 3 hours ago, quiXilver said: Yea I know. I was being Facetious. So many of those treasures in the Brit museums are the cultural history of the 'appropriated colonies'. I find it nauseating to enter museums with such 'collections'. Different times, some saw it as away of saving historical objects, why do you single out British museums? what about Americans in Egypt and American museums? there's few museums you can enter without feeling sick, thought i had a pizza type slice in the British museum a couple of months ago and felt a bit nauseous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylemurph Posted February 25, 2020 #123 Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 hours ago, hetrodoxly said: Different times, some saw it as away of saving historical objects, why do you single out British museums? what about Americans in Egypt and American museums? there's few museums you can enter without feeling sick, thought i had a pizza type slice in the British museum a couple of months ago and felt a bit nauseous. The biggest, most powerful nations-state at the time probably took more than their fair share... I know a few Greek folk with strong views on the matter. —Jaylemurph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted February 25, 2020 #124 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jaylemurph said: The biggest, most powerful nations-state at the time probably took more than their fair share... I know a few Greek folk with strong views on the matter. —Jaylemurph The permutations are endless, if Napoleon hadn't been defeated it would have been France the same with Germany, if Carter hadn't persisted Tuts gold could have been found by grave robbers and melted down, the Parthenon was a blown up ruin, the Turks had turned it into a mosque and then an ammunitions dump that was blown up. Edited February 25, 2020 by hetrodoxly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylemurph Posted February 26, 2020 #125 Share Posted February 26, 2020 The strong stole from the weak. I guess if you need to parse it differently, you can, but /someone/ did the stealing, and should be held responsible for their actualities, not possibilities. My two cents, anyway. —Jaylemurph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now