Viking mass grave found

[dawp]

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/viking-mass-grave-linked-to-elite-killers-of-the-medieval-world/

apparently they took the blow facing their executioner, not on the back of the neck.

 

[lxskllr]

Pretty interesting. I'd love to go treasure hunting in Europe. Their old stuff is way cooler than ours.

 

[Joseph F]

Pretty interesting. I'd love to go treasure hunting in Europe. Their old stuff is way cooler than ours.

I strongly agree. I'd love to find a 2000-year old artifact from the Roman empire.

 

[crab]

“I am content to die as are all our comrades. But I will not let myself be slaughtered like a sheep. I would rather face the blow. Strike straight at my face and watch carefully if I pale at all.”

Like a boss.

 

[Broheim]

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/viking-mass-grave-linked-to-elite-killers-of-the-medieval-world/

apparently they took the blow facing their executioner, not on the back of the neck.

dying while facing an opponent was considered the only honorable death in viking society.

 

[tboo]

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/viking-mass-grave-linked-to-elite-killers-of-the-medieval-world/

apparently they took the blow facing their executioner, not on the back of the neck.

Is there any other way to get blown?

 

[rh71]

"fiercest and most feared killers"...

"...the victims of a horrific mass execution"

I am trying to conjure up sympathy, but can't.

 

[Jeffg010]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-V9DVAPnQ

 

[DesiPower]

we discover and read and obsess about so much history but yet, we fail to learn from it...

 

[SagaLore]

we discover and read and obsess about so much history but yet, we fail to learn from it...

So what lesson do you extract from this viking mass grave?

 

[DesiPower]

So what lesson do you extract from this viking mass grave?

Don't go places where you don't belong or welcomed.

 

[lxskllr]

Don't go places where you don't belong or welcomed.

Don't trust Englishmen.

 

[Baked]

Vikings Vs. Mongols. Discuss.

 

[Paratus]

So what lesson do you extract from this viking mass grave?

I don't know.

Maybe tech to Thors when the Zerg is going mass muta because Vikings just get raped?

 

[Broheim]

I don't know.

Maybe tech to Thors when the Zerg is going mass muta because Vikings just get raped?

whatcha talkin 'bout willis😕

 

[JSt0rm]

whatcha talkin 'bout willis😕

😱

 

[Red Storm]

Vikings Vs. Mongols. Discuss.

Hit & run cavalry archers > Vikings.

Age of Empires says it's true.

 

[Paratus]

whatcha talkin 'bout willis😕

Sorry poor attempt at humor. 🙁

(Vikings are a flying unit in Starcraft2)

 

[Analog]

They should put him in it:

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Pretty interesting. I'd love to go treasure hunting in Europe. Their old stuff is way cooler than ours.

FYI, there was a company (maybe it was a university) where you could go on an "archaeological vacation" where you'd get to participate in digs for a couple of weeks. They could use the help, you got to do something fun, and the price wasn't outrageous. I wish I could remember the URL to the site; I really considered it at one point.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I don't know.

Maybe tech to Thors when the Zerg is going mass muta because Vikings just get raped?

Bull. Vikings outrange mutas so with some micro Vikings come out on top

 

[DesiPower]

Hit & run cavalry archers > Vikings.

Age of Empires says it's true.

😀 that's what I was thinking about too...

 

[Paratus]

Bull. Vikings outrange mutas so with some micro Vikings come out on top

Maybe with god like micro. Muta's are faster than Vikings and can run-em down. You almost never see the pros go Vikings versus a Muta ball.

 

[Broheim]

Sorry poor attempt at humor. 🙁

(Vikings are a flying unit in Starcraft2)

ok now it makes more sense, I don't play starcraft so I couldn't make the connection.

 

[BladeVenom]

Pretty interesting. I'd love to go treasure hunting in Europe. Their old stuff is way cooler than ours.

You don't like flint arrow and spear heads?