The discovery of Arabic characters showing reverence to Allah embroidered in Viking funerary clothing has turned on its head hundreds of years of thinking about Scandinavians in history, and raises ...
In a surprising find by Swedish researchers, alleged Arabic characters were found woven into the burial costumes found from Viking boat graves, as well as the chamber grave clothing of central Viking ...
Popular culture usually gets Viking garb wrong. Here’s what research says about the appearances of these infamous travelers, warriors and (mostly) farmers. Movies and TV shows have popularized the ...
They are better known for invading, raping and pillaging; but it seems the Vikings were also fashion victims. Researchers at the National Museum in Copenhagen have compiled compelling evidence that ...
A Viking-age woven band of silk displays patterns in silver thread discovered to be Arabic script Annika Larsson/ Uppsala University Editor's note, October 16, 2017: Stephennie Mulder, an associate ...
A researcher at a Swedish university says that Viking burial clothes bear the word “Allah”—and some people really want to believe her. But other experts are not sure the silk bears Arabic script at ...
With credits like "The Manley Show" and appearances in movies such as "Bro," Beau Manley is definitely a character in his own right. Never one to be a follower or abide by many rules, Beau tends to ...