PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoRing engraved with 'for Allah' found in a Viking grave, Sweden, dated mid-800s ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1398arrow-down1imageRing engraved with 'for Allah' found in a Viking grave, Sweden, dated mid-800s ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/engraved-ring-found-in-sweden-suggests-contact-between-viking-age-scandinavians-and-islamic-civilisation-10118283.html
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI think that some people will connect the artifact to the current gang issues here in Sweden.
minus-squareGregorGizehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoThat seems like a huge leap. As a non swede my first impression was that some viking probably “married” a pretty Muslim girl he came across doing what vikings purportedly did.
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoThats fair, as a Swede I have been used to people constantly taking shots at us lately about migration and gang crime
I think that some people will connect the artifact to the current gang issues here in Sweden.
That seems like a huge leap. As a non swede my first impression was that some viking probably “married” a pretty Muslim girl he came across doing what vikings purportedly did.
Thats fair, as a Swede I have been used to people constantly taking shots at us lately about migration and gang crime