Viking Fortresses by Rob Shackleford

Jun 09, 2021
Viking Fortresses by Rob Shackleford Here are more Viking Blogs for your research: Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Viking Ginger Connection Vikings Dirty and Unkempt Viking Hygiene Viking Clothes - Looking Good! Viking Men's wear Viking Women's Wear Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Jewellery Part 2 Inked Up - Vikings and Tattoos Were Vikings Inked?  Part 2 Viking Health Viking Teeth Viking Medicine Vikings at Home Viking Society Viking Thralls Viking Karls Viking Jarls Viking Women Part 1 Viking Women Part 2 Viking Women Part 3 Viking Villages and Towns   This may…
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Vikings – the Ginger Connection – by Rob Shackleford

Jan 10, 2021
Vikings - The Ginger Connection by Rob Shackleford Were Vikings Redheads? For more Blogs on Vikings, check out the links of previous Viking below: Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? We see them on TV – tall, barrel-chested fellows wielding an axe and intent on plunder. Vikings! They were tall, blonde and terrifying. But was everything as it seemed? Genetic studies show that Vikings were really descended from a variety of genetic lines, many originating from the steppes of central Asia. There was a healthy mix of blonds, redheads and dark-haired people, just like today.…
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What did Vikings look like?

Jan 10, 2021
What did Vikings look like? - by Rob Shackleford For more Blogs on Vikings, check out the links of previous Viking below: Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? Think of the traditional view of Vikings. They were tall, blonde, wearing winged or horned helmets and sailed the seas in longboats to rape and pillage. Despite ancient sagas that celebrate seafaring adventurers with complex lineages, there remains a persistent, and pernicious, modern myth that Vikings were a distinctive ethnic or regional group of people with a “pure” genetic bloodline. That is but one of so many inaccurate tales and legends attached…
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