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The study suggests that the spoons found everywhere in barbarian war gear were used for snorting drugs before battle. Source: Praehistorische Zeitschrift.
4 DEC 2024 · 2 MIN

Gak Attack! Barbarians Snorted Drugs Before Battle, Study Finds

If you are facing battle, it is generally a good thing if the soldiers on your side are alert, or maybe confident, and even downright reckless in their disregard for danger. The…
Walrus ivory scrimshaw dated to around 1100, carved in the same fashion as the prow of a Viking longboat. New research has pinpointed where such walrus were hunted by Norsemen, revealing that their expeditions roamed much farther than previously thought. Source: Cleveland Museum of Art / Public Domain.
7 OCT 2024 · 2 MIN

Ancient Walrus Ivory Reveals Vikings Regularly Hunted in North America

We may have grown up thinking it was true, but Columbus was not the first European to make contact with North America when he sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Norse sailors…