Inked Up – A brief history of Vikings and Tattoos Part 2 by Rob Shackleford

Were Vikings Inked? - Vikings and Tattoos Part 2 by Rob Shackleford Did Vikings have tattoos? Nobody really knows. Now, with popular media we want Vikings to have had tattoos, but did they really? Unfortunately, except in unique circumstances, human skin does not survive centuries of burial. Add to that, few Viking literary works survive, so we are forced to rely on outside accounts. Many come from Arab statesmen who carried on extensive trade and cultural exchange with Norsemen in the ninth and tenth centuries. One Arab traveler, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, a scholar of Baghdad, was sent by the Abbasid…
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Travelling with Traveller Inceptio – Faces of Wales by Rob Shackleford

Travelling with Traveller Inceptio - Faces of Wales by Rob Shackleford See our Traveller Inceptio Faces of Scotland Why is House Sitting for Travel a good idea? Other of our Travelling with Traveller Inceptio Blogs India by Royal Enfields 1 Britain by House Sits Scottish Food Scottish Culture Southern Scotland Northern Wales Faces of Scotland House Sit Bath Faces of England House Sitting UK Faces of Wales Visit to London   Travelling with my novel, Traveller Inceptio, means I am driven to engage my social media through the pictures of the various interesting people we have met in our travels.…
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