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Ring engraved with 'for Allah' found in a Viking grave, Sweden, dated mid-800s AD (lemmy.world)

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/engraved-ring-found-in-sweden-suggests-contact-between-viking-age-scandinavians-and-islamic-civilisation-10118283.html

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[–] gazter@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought it was pretty standard for people to travel around this far, especially the Vikings. They were sought after as mercenaries, afaik, and I imagine this sort of artifact could be part of a pay packet.

There's Viking graffiti in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, for example.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that some people will connect the artifact to the current gang issues here in Sweden.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That seems like a huge leap. As a non swede my first impression was that some viking probably "married" a pretty Muslim girl he came across doing what vikings purportedly did.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Thats fair, as a Swede I have been used to people constantly taking shots at us lately about migration and gang crime