#Scandinavia

Joe Edwards

joeedwards26

The Vale of York Hoard captures for me why working @britishmuseum is so fascinating and rewarding. Mysterious buried treasure, Viking raiders, national and global stories and a tale of genuine

Benito Cereno

benito_cereno

What’s up, everyone. This is a Lucka, a dark counterpart to the Advent saint Lucy from the formerly German-speaking areas of Bohemia (modern Czech Republic), a beaked figure similar to

WASS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇳🇿🇮🇪

Wass2020

Politicians who want to break up the UK often use the argument that Scotland could be like other small nations. They choose to compare with nations that appear successful at

spoo(kim)👻

spookysloane

questions for non-swedes/scandinavians:(idea from sereval people) how many countries are in scandinavia and which are they? what’s this? who's ABBA? name 3 of their songs what do many eat for

Trueindian

trueindian

#COVID2019 Analysis thread for this week.Countries (with min 5K cases) doing best in terms of Patients Recovered per Death recorded due to #COVID19outbreak 1. #Australia : 55.342. #SouthKorea : 34.433.

Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠

DrAlakbarov

I'm a history buff so some cool facts about vikings.Vikings used to give kittens to new brides as an essential part of a new household. Cats were considered appropriate since

European Resister 🌊🇺🇸🇸🇪🇪🇺

fix_democracy

1/4 Looking in from the outside with 1 foot in US & 1 in Scandinavia. I can't see how the greatest democracy of all - allow a president to

Kammerer

Kammerer08

The attack on Lindisfarne Monastery(793 CE) by the Norsemen was not accidental.At the beginning of the 8th century, there were three major political powers in Europe:-The Umayyad Caliphate-The Eastern Roman

AusMoz

aus_moz

. @TAFEeducation My story:Came from a single parent household.Finish Yr 10 and went to TAFE to become a stenographer.Got a job on finishing. Discovered I really didn't like being a

Peter Olsen

TheWhaleShark

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/viking-was-job-description-not-matter-heredity-massive-ancient-dna-study-shows?rss=1Modern historians know this, but to repeat for the rest of you:1) "Viking" was a job, not a people2) The N

Dr Cat Jarman 💀

CatJarman

Latest* #Viking DNA news! New research out in Nature today - here's what's exciting and what I have a problem with. Does it change our view of the Vikings? No.

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wakawaka_doctor

Scandinavia countries are one of the best to migrate to :Norway is FREE . Finland and Sweden give 75-100% scholarships Don’t put all your eggs in one basketLet me show

Vox Vulgaris

vulgaris_vox

Approximately 1/3 of the population of "Viking age" Scandinavia were thralls, 1% were in some way involved in Viking raids yet all Scandinavians see themselves as "descendants of Vikings" Many

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

Saltfleetby church was built on a salt marsh.The landscape is melancholic.Long straight roads, drainage ditches, desultory farmsteads, big medieval churches. Flat land with empty horizons.It all points to a long-lost

Rachel Morris

RachelMorris

There is such a glaring lack of public awareness of the extent to which the U.S. government—the White House and both parties in Congress—is completely failing to protect Americans from

Jay Baruchel 🇨🇦

BaruchelNDG

Our trip starts in Igloolik, Nunavut, whereZacharias Kunuk created his masterpiece ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner). First feature film in the Inuktitut language. Won over 19 awards worldwide. Also maybe