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Thread ID: 3650 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2002-11-23
2002-11-23 00:06 | User Profile
The Kensington Runestone Home Page
"Eight Goths and 22 Norwegians on a journey of exploration from Vinland very far west. We had camp by two rocky islands one day's journey north from this stone. We were out fishing one day. After we came home we found ten men red with blood and dead. AVM save from evil. Have ten men by the sea to look after our ships fourteen days' journey from this island. Year 1362"
In the 100 years since its discovery, few items have provoked as muchscholarly debate as the Kensington Runestone.
If geniune, it would open a completely new chapter in our understanding of medieval history. It would mean that not only did the Norse explore farwider areas of the North American continent than was previously supposed, butthat the Norse era of exploration lasted centuries longer than historians have believed.
If fraudulent, it is one of the finest hoaxes on record, for not only did it outlive the jesters, but their children and (in many cases) theirgrandchildren as well, with no sign of abating soon.
Step inside to learn more about this fabulous relic of Norse Exploration,or about this wonderful jest. Come and visit the Kensington Runestone.
url: [url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6726/kensington/kensington.htm]http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/672.../kensington.htm[/url]
2002-11-23 07:23 | User Profile
Faust, New Nation News has several links to the Kensington Runestone in their European-prehistory News department. [url=http://www.newnation.org/NNN-prehistory.html]http://www.newnation.org/NNN-prehistory.html[/url] The most recent link is to a story concerning the decision of the Science Museum of Minnesota to include a replica of the Kensington Runestone in an exhibit labelled "myths and distortions." Understandably, LuAnn Patton, director of the Runestone Museum, was disheartened to hear about the artifact's being dismissed as a hoax despite recent state of the art tests and expert examinations having made the issue of its authenticity at least debatable. Modern academia swallows hook, line and sinker any flim-flam purporting to show great accomplishments on the part of non-whites in general and blacks in particular. The burden for accepting evidence of accomplishments of Whites in general and Nordics in particular is set impossibly high. Just one more instance of the double standard.
[url=http://www.echopress.com/article.cfm?articleID=3508D3DC-3AE7-4F0B-82DE83E4BD39DB43]http://www.echopress.com/article.cfm?artic...2DE83E4BD39DB43[/url] Runestone jilted in new exhibit By Celeste Beam, Staff Reporter Wednesday, 11/20/02
The Kensington Runestone was snubbed again. Starting on Saturday, the Science Museum of Minnesota will be hosting a traveling Vikings exhibit with artifacts from the Smithsonian Institute. A replica of the Kensington Runestone will be included in the exhibit ââ¬â in the "myths and distortions" display. Despite new scientific research supporting its authenticity, the Runestone continues to a topic of controversy. An article in the Star Tribune said, "Most scholars believe the stone carved with runic characters was a hoax perpetrated by a farmer who claimed to have found it in the roots of a tree." LuAnn Patton, director of the Runestone Museum, was disheartened to hear about where the stone would be placed. "Unfortunately, it is exactly what I expected," she said, "Not what I had hoped for, but what I had expected. "We have made so many strides in an area that has been ignored for so many years," she continued, "It is understandable that until our work is finished, those opinions formed years ago will remain." Patton also noted that the people involved with the testing team and its mission are looking at scientific testing results, not the opinions of others. The geological testing, although just beginning, has already shown Olof Ohman could not have been a forger, she stated. She added that new testing has recently been started and people from all over the world are joining in the research. The most recent contact is a geo-chemist from Sweden, Patton noted. "Many people formed opinions over 100 years ago and it will take a lot of convincing to change anyoneââ¬â¢s mind," she said. "But, I have great faith that the research and testing going on right now will soften those standing firm in the near future. "We have a very special group of dedicated professionals working to answer the so-far unanswered questions," she concluded.
2002-11-25 02:19 | User Profile
Interesting story. I don't really see any overbearing tendency here against the Runestone. Good scientific practice always views purported ancient documents with great skepticism until provebn otherwise, as the odds are vey heavily against such. Let's hope the scientific investigation moves forward, unimpeded by politics, and comes up with a definitive answer.