[Regia-NA] FW: Viking woman found in Russia + Baldishol dating

[Nicholson, Andrew]

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Subject: Viking woman found in Russia


In a grave chamber in the city of Pskov, Russian archaeologists have
unearthed the remains of a Scandinavian woman with objects made of silver
and bronze dated
to the 900's 
>From Aftenposten:
http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/article.jhtml?articleID=719915

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According to new datings from a labratory in Uppsala, Sweden the
Baldishol blanket from Hedemark, Norway is made in the 1100's, and
maybe as early as the 1000's.
>From Aftenposten:
http://oslopuls.no/cityguides/nav/news.jhtml?context=culture&id=721753