THE VINLAND MYSTERY

THE VINLAND MYSTERY

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http://www.nfb.ca/film/vinland_mystery/
This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America - Vinland the Good. Mentioned in Icelandic manuscripts and speculated about for over two centuries, Vinland is known as "the place where the wild grapes grow" and was thought to be on the eastern coast between Virginia and Newfoundland. In 1960 a curious group of house mounds was uncovered at l'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland by Drs. Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad of Norway. Added to the United Nations World Heritage List, l'Anse aux Meadows is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.

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1990guitarmaniac

actually it looks like that Vinland was named after meadows, not from wild grapes. At least this is what we were told during our English project
jeudi 10 mai 2012 11:39:24
BarbarianLion

They are from the tribe of dan; the celts, sweds, etc
mercredi 11 avril 2012 01:56:16
2012newrevolution

"North America" already has the names my ancestors gave it who "discovered" the rmean red-haired invaders and drove them out. It's called Turtle Island, among other things.
dimanche 01 avril 2012 14:32:05
2013Epsilon

The whole idea about Vikings being savages is false. Christianity hasn't caused any more peace, just death, and the destruction of cultures.
jeudi 01 mars 2012 22:28:32
toxicarkangel

some people could say more cowards too
vendredi 27 janvier 2012 21:04:23
MurkrazOfficial

Can we place be called Vinland once more, that would be so awesome. Newfoundland has never sat well.
mercredi 19 octobre 2011 03:06:05
lesterclaypool1

ya the kesington stone dates its self at 1362 ,, and the rune style was found to that from gotland island sweden and dated at 1362 ,,, it also talks of two tribes of native fighting and they being in the middle
mercredi 29 juin 2011 00:57:05
erectinGear

@lazerbeamcheck The Norsemen (otherwise known as the Vikings) did not die out. They merely converted to Christianity during the Middle Ages. Modern Norwegians, Icelanders, Danes and Swedes are their descendants. In fact, the modern Icelandic language is almost identical to the Old Norse language.
lundi 06 juin 2011 07:22:36
lebrisson

exactly
mardi 12 avril 2011 06:45:13
WesternPAdude

The whole thing is available on the nfb [dot] ca website. Also, search again on YouTube for "Vinland Mystery." NFB uploaded the documentary again in February of 2011, the whole thing plays though just fine.
mardi 29 mars 2011 00:57:11
xXDominoXx

They discovered these settlements in the 1960's that's a very recent discovery, and before then, we never know of these Europeans in America, what else don't we know we should ask ourselves?
mercredi 09 février 2011 21:18:41
SpiritoTempesta

True about the traders and farmers. They did open up trade with the Middle East again by going through the Eastern Roman Empire. Their contributions can't be ignored. But the Spanish were farmers and traders too. What I'm saying to browndemon is that it is pure fantasy to think that the vikings were more "fair and honorable" than any other European people of the dark ages.
mardi 30 novembre 2010 15:43:16

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