Your posts are an oasis in a vast desert of political corruption , environmental apocalypse, and financial malaise. Anyways… I, and I am sure others, thank you.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Totally! You're kicking ass pugjesus

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

For real dude! It’s so bad out there.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

You bring a lot of interesting things in many different spaces here. Thank you

[–] grue@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (5 children)

So... Viking who converted to Islam, or loot from a raid, or what?

Clothes and jewellery around the decomposed skeleton showed it to be a female burial dating back to 850 AD.

Or maybe some Viking found himself a Muslim wife?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We have found Damascus steel in viking camps in Sweden, so it is quite possible that this ring was traded for, or looted.

Until we find conclusive proof of conversion to Islam, we should be very careful in reading further into this than simply being an interesting artifact.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 13 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Loot, trade, conversion - it's fascinating because the possibilities are really endless.

[–] xiao@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

True

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I'm gambling on booty for booty

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Slave trade. Wife is a loose term in that context.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Guess a genetic analysis (if bone sizes isn't enough) would check that quickly.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have y'all not seen the documentary about this?

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1911-the-13th-warrior

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Excellent movie!

[–] M137@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just a tip, either put a date in the title or don't write it like it's something new. The article is from 2015.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

And the ring is from 800. It's all old stuff!

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ring went from Allah to valhalla

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Present from Basim?