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Vikings Valhalla: Uncover Who Erik the Red Was and His Jaw-Dropping True Story
The third season of Vikings: Valhalla has surprised fans with the introduction of Erik the Red, played by Goran Višnjić. Although the series has introduced the iconic Viking, the time spent ...
The Vikings didn’t wear horns - and seven other things we learned
Unfortunately, there is no archaeological evidence for the warriors wearing their iconic horns or wings. “We do have carvings ...
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Where did the Vikings travel to?
A Viking called Erik the Red discovered Greenland. It was Erick’s son, Leif Erikson, who sailed even further west and became the first European to visit the Americas. Leif had heard stories of ...
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Remembering a Unique Piece of American History This Leif Erikson Day
around 1000 a.d. The Saga of the Greenlanders identifies the speaker and the Viking expedition’s leader as Thorvald Erikson, the son of Erik the Red, the Viking explorer of Greenland.