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Presented as news :
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Germans blamed for Viking invasion
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German arms dealers have been blamed for the
Viking invasion of Britain after archaeologists found
the swords they used were made in Germany.
The new research has discovered that German
weaponsmiths were actively selling their swords to
the Viking invaders around the 9th century AD.
The Norse invaders who terrorised the British
coastline laying waste to towns and villages were all
kitted out by master sword makers from the Rhine.
Russian and Norwegian scientists working with the
Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg
made the discovery by decoding individual stamps
used by ancient smiths to mark their work, which
linked the swords to the German ancestors.
According to the scientists, the Vikings all used the
German-made steel blades that were much prized
because they did not break, even during the
fiercest fighting, and were of the highest quality.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1429695.html
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For my source, some comments and references see:
ARCH-METALS Archives - June 2005
"Another half report from the web"
http://tinyurl.com/cszd3
e.g. Williams 25 june with a Middle East connection
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