A distinguished historian examines the circumstances surrounding the stone's discovery in 1898 and discusses the ensuing controversy in the light of later sources.
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The stone`s creators might turn in their graves,
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This review is from: Kensington Rune Stone: New Light On An Old Riddle (Hardcover)
This book was a fun to read, though Blegen shows from the very beginning, that the issue is more complicated than everybody might think, by providing the reader with an insight how difficult the search for the truth can be. All participant`s accounts of discovery vary, all research results vary. Even if it was a hoax, its deeper purpose, the proof for the early arrival of North Europeans in America before Columbus, the truth has long been established for the creators to turn in their graves either by laughter of by joy: the finds of Lens aux Meadows, the Viking settlements in Newfoundland prove the early arrival of Northn Europeans in America!
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This review is from: Kensington Rune Stone: New Light On An Old Riddle (Hardcover)
The Kensington Stone was found in 1898 three miles north of Kensington, Minn. That stone was in runic writing and said:
8 Swedes and 22 Norwegians on an expedition from Vinland westward. We had our camp by 2 rocky islets one day's journey north of this stone. We were out fishing one day. When we came home we found 10 men red with blood and dead. AVM save us from evil. We have 10 men from the sea to look after our ships, 14 days' journey from this island. Year 1362 This book pretty conclusively demonstates the inscription was made in the 19th century, even tho it is not by a rune specialist. But the book is a very, very fascinating story and I found reading the book most enjoyable.
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Olof Ohman, Minnesota Historical Society, Blegen Papers, Archaeological Records, Douglas County, Minnesota Historical Collections, Andrew Anderson, Svenska Amerikanska Posten, Minneapolis Journal, Professor Breda, Nils Flaten, Warren Upham, New York, America Before Columbus, Professor Wahlgren, Von Friesen, University of Minnesota, Edward Ohman, Winchell Field Book, Letter Press Books, United States, Van Dyke, Elbow Lake, Illinois State Historical Society, Olaus Olson Browse Sample Pages:
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- Minnesota: A History, Second Edition by William E. Lass in Back Matter
- Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions and Other Popular Theories About Man's Past by William H. Stiebing Jr. in Back Matter
- Immigrant Minds, American Identities: Making the United States Home, 1870-1930 (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island) by Orm Overland in Back Matter
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