A glass ring found in a Viking grave belonging to a Swedish woman offers proof that Vikings were in direct contact with the ancient Islamic civilizations.
The ring, which is decorated with glass and not amethyst as previously assumed, has an inscription that reads ”to Allah” or “for Allah” in Arabic, writes ScienceNews.
According to the archeologists behind the discovery, it’s a well-established fact that Scandinavians traded their women in exchange of glass beads with people from Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 3,400 years ago -- so it’s not that unlikely to think that Vikings women might’ve taken the trip down there themselves and converted to Islam, says the researchers from Stockholm University.
According to Jeanette Varberg, director of Moesgaard Museum in Denmark, it’s a very exciting discovery. However, she says she’s not surprised that there were multicultural connections between ancient Scandinavia and the Middle East.
I think Islam is what makes many Swedes today jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things, said Mona Sahlin, the former Prime Minister of Sweden
So u be sayin Vikings (on the History Channel) wuz real n shiet... nice
Hudson Martinez
Yeah yeah, We've all seen 13th Warrior.
Jose Lopez
What seems more likely? >Woman travels an ungodly amount of distance in post Roman world with little connectivity, ends up in a foreign land and immediately converts to a new religion, then returns home despite being sold (allegedly) with one ring only or >Woman receives gift from husband who either traded with or murdered an Arab trader, because it's a pretty ring Really jogs the noggin
Michael Robinson
>Someone find a ring that was traded between Vikings and Muslims >It means that Vikings traded their women and converted to Islam Why are historians such memes?
Noah Martin
XRE is chill
Nolan Price
>Mona Sahlin, the former Prime Minister of Sweden that alone discredits everything in the text
Mason Wright
Read an Arabic article about this and they agree it's probably came from trade yet cucked swedes want to believe they were Muslim
Juan Reed
What is more likely here
Vikings stole shit from everyone Vikings loved Muslims
Andrew Rogers
why are swedes such pathetic cucks
Easton Mitchell
They always do this shit, don't they?
Didn't they find some female bones at a Roman fort in England and immediately jump to there being female Legionairres? Instead of, you know, women who worked at the fort, which they later concluded was the case?
Historians always want to be the ones who discover some revolutionary new thing that changes the face of history forever. I for one think it's pretty cool that some Swedes back in the day traded (or robbed honestly) some Muslims.
Dominic Nguyen
I fucking love that movie.
Andrew Brown
>Why are historians such memes? 1: She does not have a degree in history, but archeology. I don't know, but I would assume they also learn about methodology like Historians. Maybe not? 2: She is a woman
Xavier Martinez
Why don't they melt this along with the others?
Evan Price
I don't remember that one, but I do remember some asshats finding female norse skeletons in England and arguing that women must've been viking raiders an shiet. As opposed to, you know, settlers like in the settlements that the norse had in Britain.
Honestly though, we've known about the trade through the Russian river system to the black sea and the Caspian for a long ass time. Hell, we know that steel in some viking burial sites had to come from the middle east because Europe wasn't producing damascus blades on any scale.
Ayden Reed
>Kill an Arabic man because your work for the Byzantines >Jack is his ring and give it to your wife >Hundreds of years later an archaeologist determines you converted it islam How?
Angel Jenkins
Article doesn't say that. You feel for the bait.
Zachary Gray
>However, she says she’s not surprised that there were multicultural connections between ancient Scandinavia and the Middle East. presentism at its finest.
White people are mentally retarded nowadays...
Parker Lopez
Historians are normally pretty level headed and look at lots of different pieces of evidence to reach a sensible conclusion. Archaeologists on the other hand mostly got into the field because of Indiana Jones and so are prone to flights of romance and conclusion jumping.
Camden Hall
Because this ring is unique and is actually recognisable as a ring, instead of a corroded bit of indistinguishable metal?
Jacob Campbell
Doesn't this ring just prove that "a" muslim was in Sweden a really long time ago?
Jaxson Bell
Crusader's went from Britain to the middle east, is it seriously that suprising that a single ring would make it from the middle east to scandanavia?
Gavin Ward
All these posters are morons who didn't actually read the article.
James Lewis
this one always makes me laugh
Colton Sanders
>using meme arrows on a site outside of Veeky Forums Jesus fucking Christ
Quality thread btw OP, really contributing to the general level of discourse on here. And I mean that, this was excellent as far as b8 goes.
Leo Martinez
>Islam isn't that old
Reading comprehension: 0
Robert Hughes
Old as fuck.
Austin Jackson
I reeee'd a little at that too.
Aaron Gutierrez
Reminder that there's been buddha statuettes found in viking excavations as well. Man, Veeky Forums is illiterate.
Austin Martin
Read the article
Brandon Jones
Nordics were also civilized by Mycenaean Greeks.
Kevin Miller
There is no evidence for a Mycenean trading post anywhere north of South Italy
Ethan Phillips
And even in that case it was temporary emporiums established in native settlements
Isaac Morales
good movie, don't understand the hate (beyond historical inaccuracies which are the norm in hollywood anyway)
Juan Edwards
It would have take decades to travel this far back then. Especially by boat
Hunter Carter
Nice try faggot OP
>According to the archeologists behind the discovery, it’s a well-established fact that Scandinavians traded for glass with people from Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 3,400 years ago -- so it’s not that unlikely to think that seafaring Vikings might’ve taken the trip down there themselves and traded with the Islamic merchants in the region, says the researchers from Stockholm University.
Shiny item came from trade or raiding. They probably didnt even realize it was a language.
Jace Hall
It's just another poltard. Leave him alone, MODS love them.
Thomas Evans
Massalia (Marseilles), fucking retard. Dipshit.
Jaxson Sanders
but like... this isn't esoteric or arcane knowledge. I thought a lot of people knew this when they discovered how to sail seas and travel to like... idk.. say..... the middle east?
Carson Evans
...
Thomas Evans
You fucking retarded fuck
Marseilles is a Ionian Greek settlement from the 7th century bc
Mycenean civilization ended in the 12th century bc
I want to gouge your eyes out
Noah Hill
kek
>archeologist stopped reading there
vikings raided every corner and inch of the world
Christopher Price
>Scandinavians traded their women in exchange of glass beads with people from Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 3,400 years ago
so Swedes have been cucked as of 3,4k years ago?
Lucas Diaz
Just like anons have been gullible since forever too.
Josiah Murphy
Muslim traders were a common thing in scandinavia.
Jackson Ramirez
>jealous of immigrants.
I don't want to go all /pol/ but this triggered me.
Aaron Lopez
It makes sense, Vikings were basically disorganized pagan muslims Viking culture values the same things that islam and judaism values
Brandon Jenkins
Did they find any evidence of their ancestral cuckenings yet?
Jacob Nguyen
What the fuck are you blabbering about?
Eli Richardson
I refuse to believe there are dozens of people in this thread who fell for this. I'll assume they were all pretending.
Cameron Cox
Three words - GREAT. SILK. ROAD.
James Davis
more like the jews
Ian Richardson
>According to the archeologists behind the discovery, it’s a well-established fact that Scandinavians traded their women in exchange of glass beads with people from Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 3,400 years ago -- so it’s not that unlikely to think that Vikings women might’ve taken the trip down there themselves and converted to Islam, says the researchers from Stockholm University.
Angel Bailey
This is simply an interesting fact; a normal one given the well-known trade routes (and rape routes) the Scandinavian ancestors had with foreign countries starting late antiquity.
instead, this shit is being presented and acknowledged at high levels as some kind of "revelation" ; which really shows me that there is some form agenda behind what is happening in those god-forsaken countries with the Islam intake.
Nicholas Moore
>instead, this shit is being presented and acknowledged at high levels as some kind of "revelation" ;
Is it? What are you basing this on?
Christian Price
Probably loot or an trade item bought from travels. Doesn't prove shit and the fact that someone uses this to suit their political agenda sickens me.
Jaxon Watson
Did you know they've removed 'gullible' from the dictionary too?
Leo Gonzalez
>All these posters are morons who didn't actually read the article.
Juan Green
What do you think you're achieving with this pic? You have actually looked at the article, right?
Jackson Campbell
you subhuman leftist numales worship islam
Christopher Rodriguez
Why do you want to silence free speech?
Go back to pol.
Gabriel Butler
Say what? OPs post isnt what the article says. Not in a a mealy mouthed, twisted words way, OP literally made up sections and is banking on none actually reading the thing to check. You've been trolled.
Hunter Cruz
Why do you subhuman leftist nu-males want a safespace?
Jaxson Thompson
Because Veeky Forums does not negotiate with terrorists.
Logan Johnson
why do you worship islam, BLM, and antifa then?
Brody Perez
So you don't want to silence them?
Now we can agree.
Nathaniel Edwards
Are you really so upset about being baited by OP?
David Green
lol, you are completely retard. As the OP
Easton Myers
why do you want a safespace?
Easton Sanders
And the retarded safe space poster shows up. This thread is now the perfect microcosm of all that is wrong with Veeky Forums.
Michael Sanchez
look at these triggered leftypol shills
Jose Howard
>it’s a well-established fact that Scandinavians traded their women in exchange of glass beads with people from Egypt Fuck off /pol/
Brayden Sanders
To me, this like those Greek coins with African faces, or Greek artifacts found in America. It doesn't really do much to change history, but it's a nice bit of trivia.
Jack Powell
>triggered
Says the guy who is buttravaged at being baited by a clearly fake article.
Josiah Cook
>everyone that reads the source in threads is a lefty/pol/ shill who loves Antifa
You really are beyond retarded, what is actually wrong with you?
Cameron Ortiz
Lol (2). Not all who not agree with you are lefty. And you are stupid not in political context. You are naturally stupid.
Anthony Sanchez
>Vikings women might’ve taken the trip down there themselves and converted to Islam
1) the article doesn't mention that 2) Mona Sahlin was only a candidate, but was kicked by her party. the qoute is shoehorned in your post and has no relation to the topic
go back to /pol/
Camden Sanchez
I bet you wish it was real, right leftypol?
why do you anti white leftypol shills want a safespace?
Dominic Lewis
This is what he does. He just keeps posting the same shit over and over again. Normally some variety of "why do you want a safe space" and "why do you worship blacks/Muslims/BLM/Antifa" etc. Just ignore him, replying makes him latch on and fully sperg out.
Joshua Morgan
Doesn't freedom of speech support the contrary?
We can agree with the guy of your personal folder photos, then.
Justin Lopez
Is it autism do you think?
Jackson Brooks
Maybe. Or crippling loneliness. Pitiable really.
Gavin Cruz
right, and let you leftypol subhumans take over
Joshua Hill
your pain so pleasure. Continue
Daniel Kelly
That doesn't evenmatching with what I said, in any way.
Logan Williams
I just got a bonus from the Antifa-BLM-Bank of San Francisco in recognition of my rank as chief SJW 2nd grade and my work spreading cultural-marxism on imageboards. Since I'm feeling so generous, have a bag full of (You)'s
Leo Green
but I know what you really want leftypol
Kevin Price
No you don't, you know that I want the extinction of the white race but that is only the start of my master plan.