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Statue of "Big Ole the Viking" in Alexandria, Minnesota, proclaiming the city the "Birthplace of America," based on an assumed authenticity of the Kensington Stone. The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota , United States, in 1898.
It is the Straumfjord of Eric's Saga. It is the same kind of settlement, with the same kind of occupants and type of activities, a winter base from where expeditions went south in the summer. Although artifacts and buildings are typically Norse, the layout, location, and artifacts are different from the sites we know elsewhere in the Norse world.
Matt Birk (born 1976) – Minnesota Vikings football player; Andy Bisek (born 1986) – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler, two-time world bronze medalist; Harry Blackmun § (1908–1999) – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Matt Blair § (1950–2020) – Minnesota Vikings football player
In 2001, a carving expert and her geologist father found the AVM Runestone, told the press that it was proof of early Viking or Norse settlement in Minnesota, [1] and began an investigation to prove its authenticity. The creators said it was a hoax and not an artifact of Viking explorers.
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Minnesota, in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Other artifacts found at the site include a piece of rock crystal, a transparent form of quartz not native to Denmark, indicating trade between these Danish Vikings and people other regions, like ...
Those artifacts point toward the existence of a 10 th century city ... Jomsborg would have served as a trading post that hosted Vikings, Germans, and Slavs—all people groups with historical ties ...
The Kensington Runestone remains a subject of debate. While some believe it is a genuine Viking artifact, others view it with skepticism. [5] There has been a drawn-out debate regarding the stone's authenticity, but since the first scientific examination in 1910, the scholarly consensus has classified it as a 19th-century hoax. [6]