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Evidence of Vikings at Maeshowe burial chamber

Evidence of Vikings at Maeshowe burial chamber
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  • Evidence of Vikings at Maeshowe burial chamber
  • Duration: 02:45
  • A Norse saga relates the tale of a group of Vikings forced to shelter for three nights in Maeshowe burial chamber onin Orkney. During this time the Norse carved runes unto the walls. From the runes, archaeologists know that the Norse were Christian and called themselves crusaders. This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    History

       Topic:

    Vikings

  • Keywords: Vikings, history, Scotland, runes, writing, Christian, saga, graffiti, subtitled
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  • Students could consider what people in the future would make of today's graffiti. The writing of runes can lead into discussion on language and writing. Students could try carving using our own alphabet and runic symbols to discover how the process of carving letters led to the development of the simple straight lines that make up runes.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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