Viking Myth – Vikings were Dirty and Unkempt – by Rob Shackleford

Jan 12, 2021
Viking Myth - Vikings were Dirty and Unkempt - by Rob Shackleford For more on Vikings, check out the links of previous Viking Blogs below: Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Vikings - The Ginger Connection Unwashed, rough warriors with froth hanging out of the corners of the mouth was not the real Viking. Popular culture portrays the Viking as filthy as well as endlessly violent. But that, like too many things in history, is not entirely true. “Several archaeological finds have revealed tweezers, combs, nail cleaners, ear cleaners and toothpicks from the Viking Age,"…
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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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Who were the Vikings?

Jan 09, 2021
Who were the Vikings? by Rob Shackleford For more Blogs on Vikings, check out the links of previous Viking below: Why Vikings?   Vikings were a people some called Norsemen – North Men. They were residents of scattered farming and fishing communities that existed in the far north of Europe in what is now known as Denmark, Norway, Sweden and perhaps Finland. This was long before they became unified nations. These North Men developed significant advances in shipping technology in the 7th and 8th centuries that meant their boats were powered by sails, rather than solely by oars. Made of…
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Why Vikings?

Jan 05, 2021
Why Write about Vikings? - by Rob Shackleford As part of my perpetual drive for better exposure as an author, and hopefully to allow promotion and sale of my books, an activity my Publisher is failing to engage in, I have to bite the bullet and write more blogs. So, why Vikings? My first three novels, Traveller Inceptio, Traveller Probo and Traveller Manifesto are a gentle science-fiction and historical fiction blend that start with the premise that a device was invented that would allow people from our age to be transported back in time, but strictly 1000 years only. As…
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