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What happens when an Egyptian tomb is flooded with water…or the remains of its ancient citizens? Noted Egyptologists invited a famous TV presenter to find out, with extraordinary results.

Historians have always known that York was a Viking stronghold between its capture by the seafaring Scandinavians in 866 and the Norman conquest of 1066. Few traces of their settlement surfaced until the 1970s, however, when experts from the York Archaeological Trust began excavating a site that is now home to the Coppergate Shopping Centre. After removing several layers of moist, spongy earth, they uncovered remarkably well-preserved Viking homes and artifacts, including clothes, tools, pottery and jewelry. The most famous of the 40,000 items they found is the York Helmet, considered one of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon craftsmanship. Many of these relics are now on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre, which helped fund the facial reconstruction project and has unveiled the results in a new exhibition.

 

In Germanic paganism and Germanic mythology, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future occurrences. Strongly associated with wands, seeresses at times held an authoritative role in Germanic society and mentions of Germanic seeresses occur as early as the Roman era, where, for example, they at times played a role in rebellion under Rome rule and acted as envoys to Rome. After the Roman Era, mention of seeresses occur in records among the North Germanic people, where they form a reoccurring motif in, for example, Norse mythology.

Imagine living in this Viking Village.

Look at this Viking stone, lovely background.

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