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    Over 1200 y/o Arabic Inscribed Ring Discovered in Viking Grave in Birka, Sweden

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    1. IMadeItWeirdAgain on

      It’s so cool but it’s sad it was found in a grave. Maybe just leave it?

    5. StandardDeluxe3000 on

      they kicked some arabic asses to get that. story was so heroic it was worth putting it into his grave.

    14. Curry_Captain on

      Probably got it in trade while slaving. There was a huge traffic in slaves from Europe, taken by the Vikings, and shipped to the old central Asian empires. This ring probably made its way up the Volga to Scandinavia

    18. thementalyogi on

      This would make an incredible wedding ring. I would absolutely wear a 1200 year old Viking ring stolen from a museum.

    19. BrokenHefaistos on

      not new, well known, trade routes reached as far as today only slower.

    21. cantonlautaro on

      It has been really interesting how much has been found these last 2 decades showing the strong & healthy commercial & cultural exchange between the middle east & persia with russian & scandanavian vikings. A lot of custom-ordered items (clothing, jewelry) with arabic (& farsi?) ordered by specific named norse lords.

      Here is a fascinating 1st hand account from 921ad by arab muslim traveller from baghdad, ibn fadlan, on his encounter with the “rusiyyah” on the banks of the volga river.

      https://youtu.be/VOqUZnc6eLI?si=iKBUGWZaXAIfb5lf

    23. The_Marine708 on

      Just to be clear, in the first image, we all see a hyroglyph of New York city with a mouse sneezing underneath it, right?

    30. EngineerResponsible6 on

      Oh I dig Graves up and take jewelry I’m a grave robber this person does it and ppl love them

    34. Low_Scholar1118 on

      Helga in 800 AD. “So Lars, what did you bring me from this “raiding” you claim to have been doing?”

    36. Jerdan87 on

      Looks like it belongs in a Dark Souls game. Especially the last picture

    37. RespondPlus7890 on

      Can’t wait to see what conclusion about the people who were known for raiding things and trade routes people are going to come to over this

    39. ManchesterMuayThai on

      One group known for raping, pillaging and trying to conquer people and the other group, the Vikings.

    43. gavstar69 on

      What a cool thing. It’s got to have the spirit of a Viking encased in there for eternity.. Maybe

    44. Rocherieux on

      Archaeologists found the skull of a Barbary ape in Navan Fort, Armagh Ireland. It was carbon dated to about 230 BC.

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