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aelfgyfu_mead) wrote2010-10-19 08:20 pm
aelfgyfu_mead) wrote2010-10-19 08:20 pm
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Viking grave
This article is called "A Viking Mystery", by David Keys for The Smithsonian, but—SPOILER ALERT!—some of us had heard about this before. (I thought I'd posted on it, but I can only find links to a different Viking burial.)
You have to persevere through all the pages to get all the information, but they think this grave comes from the St. Brice's Day massacre. With other recent findings, it seems to confirm that young men of fighting age were particularly targeted. It doesn't really make the massacre better (massacres don't get "better"), but it tells us more about something we've been wanting to know. It's a good article and worth reading. (I wish they'd put it all on one page.)
You have to persevere through all the pages to get all the information, but they think this grave comes from the St. Brice's Day massacre. With other recent findings, it seems to confirm that young men of fighting age were particularly targeted. It doesn't really make the massacre better (massacres don't get "better"), but it tells us more about something we've been wanting to know. It's a good article and worth reading. (I wish they'd put it all on one page.)