w-vik1.GIF (16365 bytes) Vikings

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This is dad by one of the Viking Houses in the fort

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Dad and Lars were looking at how the newer buildings were built in 1100 ad

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This is another RuneStone in the Medieval Museum in Stockholm

 

In Minnesota we have the Vikings football team, but that is not who I will write about.

w-vik6.GIF (5560 bytes)On the island of Oland, Sweden we visited Eketorp which was an old Viking Fort from 300ad.

I learned a lot about the Vikings.

  • Gods and Heroes (click here to find out a secret)
  • Written language (click here for Rune Letters)
  • How they lived
  • Where they travelled

w-vikrun2.GIF (9833 bytes)In Vasteras, Sweden we visited the Viking Graves . This was interesting because the priests and leaders in these graves were women.

I made friends with a Viking --- a wooden one who was trading with the Romans in the Roman fort in Bad Hamborg. w-rom10.GIF (13238 bytes)

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The people in the fort had sheep, pigs and chickens.

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