I published a whole bunch of pages about varangian runestones I’ve visited on the Varangian Biker site. Each page includes photos, a trace of the inscription and a translation. A few of them also have descriptions. I have visited more of them, but I haven’t had time to create pages for them yet.
https://www.varangianbiker.com/varangian-runestones/
#Runestones #Viking #OldNorse #History #Futhark #Runes #Varangians
Greek sculpture in Venice with a Swedish runic inscription.
Globalisation is nothing new.
Beware of Olga of Kiev. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1300/ten-legendary-female-viking-warriors/ #femalefighters #FemaleWarriors #FemaleGods #varangians #vikings #norse #svea #ukraine #KievanRus
#Monument to the Millennium of #Russia, erected on the territory of the #Novgorod #Kremlin in 1862 in honor of the millennial anniversary of the #vocation of the #Varangians to Russia, #Veliky Novgorod #Sculptor #History #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo from 2017
@Renegade_GDI@mastodon.world
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That present-day #Ukraine is part of #Europe, historically and culturally, is an indisputable fact, though a slightly different case could be made about #Crimea* and its genesis regarding the #Mongolian #GoldenHorde* (see my other thread, though that came only shortly after the #Varangians.)
*https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110295373540489077
If you believe the founding history alternative that the #Crimean #Tartars...
I need to do some digital archaeology to dig up my old web page about the Frösö runestone and add it to the Varangian Biker site.
