tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5479082117130899685..comments2024-03-28T15:33:17.736-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Did the Viking Age begin 2,000 years earlier than we thought?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41589305363713706842020-06-25T22:31:47.953-05:002020-06-25T22:31:47.953-05:00And if they navigated through the Med, who is to s...And if they navigated through the Med, who is to say that they didn't reach North America long before their ancestors did? LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81231384290097675842020-06-25T21:21:23.461-05:002020-06-25T21:21:23.461-05:00History isn't fixed... New things are being fo...History isn't fixed... New things are being found almost on a daily basis... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66249729059182664952020-06-25T21:12:11.398-05:002020-06-25T21:12:11.398-05:00Around 3,000 years ago is when the mysterious &quo...Around 3,000 years ago is when the mysterious "sea peoples" descend on the civilized Mediterranean, and civilization crashes. Are these early "Vikings" a possible answer? Be interesting to look at the DNA of the descendants of the Philistines in Israel and see if they are connected to the Norse?<br /><br />We know the Phoenicians traveled to the tin mines of Cornwall. So these "Viking" ships would have had little trouble sailing to the Mediterranean.PresbyPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455313892845393736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1489268344491603642020-06-25T19:52:17.950-05:002020-06-25T19:52:17.950-05:00If you were use to hard physical labor from the ti...If you were use to hard physical labor from the time you learned to walk you would be a lot tougher. Mom could handle a two-chicken cast iron skillet with one hand and scrap the gravy out with the other. And while I am stronger than the average woman my size I could never handle that skillet with one hand. There is something to be said for being raised on a farm back in the 30's with no conveniences.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34315588208462186602020-06-25T18:01:45.467-05:002020-06-25T18:01:45.467-05:00"People from Scandinavia went to England in s... "People from Scandinavia went to England in ships like these. They probably made their way down the great rivers in Europe." <br />.<br />Probably written by a landsman, From Scandinavia the routes into Europe are upriver. So, were the shipbuilding skills indigenous, or had they been brought north generations before, by the Beaker People or their like? <br />.stencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301529692425359238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66623082186629558732020-06-25T16:42:22.129-05:002020-06-25T16:42:22.129-05:00A friend once remarked that "olden" peop...A friend once remarked that "olden" people were tougher. I responded that the survivors were tougher, so they were the only ones we knew about. <br />Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23650428476593847312020-06-25T15:13:18.978-05:002020-06-25T15:13:18.978-05:00Not too far from Blogarado is Picture Canyon. Carv...Not too far from Blogarado is Picture Canyon. Carved in the rocks are runes, per people knowledgeable of those things. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91913083319933081382020-06-25T12:49:52.100-05:002020-06-25T12:49:52.100-05:00Makes sense. That there was advanced civilization...Makes sense. That there was advanced civilization that early in Europe. And in the Norse/Danish/Scandinavian/Swedish areas.<br /><br />Especially since the latest research around Stonehenge is digging up proof that the residents of the area were far more advanced than skin-covered savages as portrayed in most histories.<br /><br />Actual climate related data, real data, shows that in that time frame the Earth was warmer, much like during the great 'Viking Age' which means agriculture, fishing and hunting was much more productive than during the colder pre-Viking age.<br /><br />The incredible ancient finds all throughout Europe has, for years, shown that what existed at the Time of the Pharaohs and the Rise of The Greeks was far more advanced than we have been taught. Especially the Germanic tribes that fought the Romans.<br /><br />A lot of the stupidity and misdirection found in our historical understandings of ancient people is from the half-baked Victorians. They kind of had a progressive scientific method, wherein the Theory was proposed and accepted and then any findings were massaged to fit the Theory.<br /><br />Like stinky, poop-filled castles in the Medieval age. Um, nope. Even during the various cold spells, night soil and urine were collected and removed, first because fertilizer and the wonderful industrial uses of urine, and second, they - the medievalists - understood dirty meant disease. Not like we know it, but their germ theories worked at the macro-level.<br /><br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com