Magical Viking stone may be real

Lol. If I was a Viking in the cold with no TV... I would gladly hop on a boat for an adventure & chance to discover something new :-)

Still wouldnt convince me to cross the Atlantic though Icelandic Spar is not magical, it is calcite, I have a crystal at home that certainly does not perform the accuracy described in the article. In fact, nothing at all on a cloudy day. Why Vikings would embark on a 3 month long journey to somewhere that they did not even knew existed, is way beyond me. The stores they would have had to carry would have sunk their longships before leaving port... the whole idea is just a romantic notion, with no factual base to support it.. Its called conquest, and you must be completely naive to believe it t... [More]

You idiots should stop claiming that the Vikings or Christopher Columbus who was known to be gay discovered North America. The continent was already occupied and settled for thousands of years before the arrival of the Vikings or Christopher Columbus. That is why when Columbus arrived, he wasn't greeted by Vikings, instead he was greeted by the native people of North America who he most likely on purpose gave the wrong names as "Indians". The historical facts that cannot be changed are done so using cleverly veiled and hidden in plain sight lies that can be easily overlooked by zombie minded s... [More]

You idiots should stop claiming that the Vikings or Christopher Columbus who was known to be gay discovered North America. The continent was already occupied and settled for thousands of years before the arrival of the Vikings or Christopher Columbus. That is why when Columbus arrived, he wasn't greeted by Vikings, instead he was greeted by the native people of North America who he most likely on purpose gave the wrong names as "Indians". The historical facts that cannot be changed are done so using cleverly veiled and hidden in plain sight lies that can be easily overlooked by zombie minded s... [More]

You idiots should stop claiming that the Vikings or Christopher Columbus who was known to be gay discovered North America. Constitutive Criticism: It is a closed mind that refers to others as Idiots or Sheepole. If you have all the answers why do you name call? Spread you message if you like yet with some sort of compassion. Answer questions even if they insult your level of understanding? If you are unwilling to do this why are you on this forum? This is a discussion board after all. It appears that you wish not to do that (discuss) but rant and spit out your commanding knowledge.

I believe the switch to the Gregorian calendar was due to the Julian calendar being in error. Wikipedia ArticleThe Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter gravissimas. The reformed calendar was adopted later that year by a handful of countries, with other countries adopting it over the following centuries. The motivation for the Gregorian reform was ... [More]

It is an interesting theory. They would have had to have used a particular type of calcite and then it would have probably been cut and polished in some specific manner to work. I would like to see some experiments with the various types of possible "Sunstones" to determine if it is indeed possible.

It's been proven and acknowledged that Vikings settled for a time in Newfoundland. And it wasn't a one shot trip but rather a progression. They settled Iceland, from there settled Greenland, and from there settled Newfoundland. However they were long gone by the time 15th century Europeans showed up.

Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Labrador Island...I think...lol...I am positive the evidence was found and validated to something like the 11th or 12th century. Roundhouse/longhouse foundations and iron and bronze artifacts... but honestly, I forget specifically what part, but I know it was one of the three....I am inclined to think it was Newfoundland/Nova Scotia and from there they went south into "Vineland" aka...land of grapes and wine....which would/could be north-eastern USA but we still don't have a collective agreement on where "Vineland" was. No... it's pretty cut and dry and archaeolog... [More]

. Nice post, I just want to inform you that the name "Vineland" correctly spelled is Vinland, and the vin part of the name in the old nordic language of the vikings means meadow, vin means meadow, "meadowland" litterary translated. Historians here in Norway think they called it that, since the meadows were attractive grassland for the vikings farm-animals. Cheers, Nordmann61. It could have meant a couple of other things, like "Land of Hope", or "Land of Friends": Old Norse Dictionary (German-Old Norse) http://www.koeblergerhard.de/germanistischewoerterbuecher/altnordischeswoerterbuch/nhd-an.pd... [More]