Vikings were in the Americas 500 years before Christopher Columbus
Archaeologists from the University of Iceland analysed wood samples from Norse sites in Greenland, and found they came from tree species that were grown in North America.
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Archaeologists from the University of Iceland analysed wood samples from Norse sites in Greenland, and found they came from tree species that were grown in North America.
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The gold ring is said to have been made during the Late Iron Age, which was a period between 400AD and 800AD, and worn by a man based on the band size.
Researchers from University of Massachusetts Amherst have analysed sediment samples taken from a Greenland lake adjacent to a former Norse farm.