Hello Everybody,
Björn knew it all along, but wisely chose to remain quiet.
And now we know why. Science has proven beyond the shadow of
a doubt, the Vikings were here first - long before Columbus
took his maiden voyage -
Goodbye, Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat
bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island of Newfoundland,
evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.
But precisely when the Vikings journeyed to establish the L'Anse
aux Meadows settlement had remained unclear - until now.
Scientists on Wednesday said a new type of dating technique using
a long-ago solar storm as a reference point revealed that the
settlement was occupied in 1021 AD, exactly a millennium ago and
471 years before the first voyage of Columbus. The technique was
used on three pieces of wood cut for the settlement, all pointing
to the same year.
The Viking voyage represents multiple milestones for humankind. The
settlement offers the earliest-known evidence of a transatlantic
crossing. It also marks the place where the globe was finally encircled
by humans, who thousands of years earlier had trekked into North
America over a land bridge that once connected Siberia to Alaska.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/goodbye-columbus-vikings -crossed-atlantic-1000-years-ago-2021-10-20/
I’m sure this is already well known among Swedes and all other
Scandinavians, but this is a recent story involving science.
Not a fairy tale, as others have claimed. Now the only question
that remains is who should be honored as the one who discovered
America? I mean, Columbus Day will never be the same ...
--Lee
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