Years of Exploration: Around 982-985 AD (Voyage to Greenland).
Date of Death: Around 1003 AD.
Dozens of sling bullets have been discovered in an ancient Roman camp in Germany. This long-range weapon caused significant damage to opposing troops. This pile of 81 lead projectiles with an average weight of 75 grams was found in Westphalia. DIGITAL. Article taken from the monthly Sciences et Av
During the Iron Age, people were sacrificed in quantity in the swamps of northwestern Europe, victims of ritual executions or punishments. A new study returns to the examination of one of the most famous cases, that of the Tollund Man. 2400 years old, Tollund Man was discovered in a bog in Jutland
In the Middle Ages, being afflicted with an incurable infectious disease meant solitary confinement forever. Leprosy, syphilis or tuberculosis thus automatically condemned to oblivion. The discovery of 400 skeletons on the site of the former cemetery of a medieval leprosarium in Freiburg im Breisgau
The Roman site of Vindolanda, a castrum or auxiliary fortification south of Hadrians Wall occupied by the legions between 85 and 370 AD, near the town of Bardon Mill in Northumberland, continues to yield interesting finds. Recently a volunteer discovered a game board dated to the 3rd century AD. bu