ANCIENT,MEDIEVIL OR RECENT???

[Can Do (Phil 4:13)]

I'm wondering if there are any history buffs in here?? Personally, I am interested in the following:

Ancient - Roman

Greek

Egyptian

Medievil - English/British

Northern European

Recent (in the last 700 y or so)

- Northern American/Canadian

Australian

If anyone wants to start either a thread get a Thingie Forum, let me know ok. I'd love to hear if you've travelled to your favourite spots, or if you are planning to.

YSIC

Faithie :hug:

[Guest shiloh357]

I like history. It was one of my stronger suits in school.

What do you want to talk about?

[jcm]

Yup, me too.

[Botz]

I've always loved history and archaeology...and dug up most periods one way or another....also I have several interesting artifacts. I like ancient language and history although I have only scratched the surface so to speak.

[Can Do (Phil 4:13)]

What do I want to talk about?

How about, lets share interesting books (or titles thereof), news articles, web sites and discoveries of our own.

Here is an article I found on a local news web site

Viking grave discovery 'the find of a lifetime'

British archaeologists said they had excavated an "extremely important" burial site of six Viking men and women, complete with swords, spears, jewellery, fire-making materials and riding gear.

The site in Cumbria, northern England, is believed to date back to the 10th century and was discovered at the end of March when an amateur archaeologist found two copper brooches with a metal detector.

The grave of a Viking woman was found underneath and further excavation led to the discovery of the graves of another woman and four men.

Amateur archaeologist Peter Adams described it as "the find of a lifetime" and experts said it would help to understand how the raiders settled in England.

Among items found in the graves outside the village of Cumwhitton were spurs, a bridle, a drinking horn, a bracelet and a belt fitting.

"We could not have expected more from the excavation of the site," said Rachel Newman of Oxford Archaeology North.

"We knew the brooches found by Mr Adams came from a burial of a Viking Age woman, which was exciting and of great importance in itself, but we did not expect to find five other graves, complete with such a splendid array of artefacts."

Vikings from what are now Norway and Denmark began raiding Britain from the beginning of the 9th century.

[Guest shiloh357]

I have studied about the Scottish-Viking wars. There are some very interesting stories there. The Scots were as mean as the Vikings, and talk about some vicious wars!!

[hmh]

History was, and still is, my favorite and best subject.