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WALRUS IVORY TRADE
In 1831, a man digging into a Scottish sandbank found carved ivory figures that rewrote medieval historyIn 1831, a man on the Isle of Lewis unearthed the remarkable Lewis Chessmen, carved from walrus ivory. These pieces reveal a sophisticated ...
Erik the Red: The viking who founded GreenlandErik the Red, exiled from Norway and Iceland, discovered and named Greenland around 985 AD. His strategic naming attracted settlers from Ic...
Greenland's occupiers 1.0Dive into the intriguing tale of Greenland's Viking pioneers. In 982 AD, the bold Erik the Red ferried Norse adventurers to this chill-lade...