tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post116080076684224673..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Alternatives to Columbus DayRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1160914252318698982006-10-15T05:10:00.000-07:002006-10-15T05:10:00.000-07:00Here's a good roundup of the evidence for a Viking...Here's a good roundup of the evidence for a Viking discovery of America:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dicksonc.act.edu.au/Showcase/ClioContents/legends/vikings.html<BR/><BR/>Many other such finds of "Viking" artefacts have been discredited as fakes. However, this has not occurred with the ruins at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, which are generally accepted as genuine. This site, with the evidence of radiocarbon dating and the Norse nature of its artefacts, gives genuine credibility to the Graenlendinga and Eirik's Saga. The evidence strongly supports the belief that the Vikings did visit the coast of North America long before Columbus.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com