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Originally posted by Hanslune
The crystals were covered in an earlier thread
Viking used sunstones
I noticed a number of posters used the cliche, 'they are hiding stuff from us', so I must ask; whom and what? Also if they are hiding it from you - how do you know about it?
Originally posted by sugarcookie1
reply to post by doulos33
Thanks for the synopsis that was a great read goes to show our ancient ancestors had allot of knowledge ..I will have to read into the The Bronze Age Computer Disc..Thank you..peace,sugarcookie1
that Minoan Bronze Age man had a level of knowledge to match that of 20th-century Europe
Originally posted by GameOverManGameOver
I just want to briefly go on record and state that I have always thought Vikings are cool.
Also, Its important to remember that the Viking history we know of was written by their enemies and their enemies had plenty of incentive to make the vikings appear as blood thirsty savages. I am not saying they weren't brutal.... they absolutely were, however it was a brutal time. Christian cultures were no less brutal (It's remarkable to me that things like witch trials are so easily forgotten about), anyway, i guess that's a different topic.
Lastly, I will just say that Scandinavia "viking" culture was the first to bring things like trial by jury, parliaments, the right to bear arms, and the rights of women into there societies..... that's the end of my defense for vikings.... thanks for listening.
Interestingly, in the late 40's the US National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) developed a Sky Compass based on the same principle. It was inspired by a previous "twilight compass" developed by Dr. A. H. Pfund of Johns Hopkins University. From a NBS 1949 paper: "The principal advantage of the sky compass . . . is during twilight, and when the sun is several degrees below the horizon, as well as when the region of the sky containing the sun is overcast, so long there is a clear patch of sky overhead. The sky compass is thus of particular value when the sun compass and the sextant are not usable. Since the extent of polarization of the sky's light is greatest at right angles to the incident beam of sunlight, the compass is most accurate in the polar regions, where it is also most useful, because of the long duration of twilight . . ." The US Navy and Air Force experimented with the sky compass in the 1950's and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) used it for several years on its polar flights
Originally posted by sugarcookie1
reply to post by arbiture
arbiture,I never thought about that but its true they didn't leave hardly any trace of themselves in the new world good thinking..Peace,sugarcookie1