Featured Viking artifacts uncovered due to melting ice.

About 800 Viking artifacts and an old trade network discovered

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/m.../20&utm_term=EUR Daily Newsletter [AFTERNOON]

More on 'ice revelations':
https://secretsoftheice.com/


Regions of finds from glacial ice in North America, the Alps and Norway. The size of the circle indicates the difference in the number of finds.

https://secretsoftheice.com/findings/globally/

 

A video of the fieldwork including a ghostly Viking:

 

Signs of what the past was like found amid signs of what the future will be like.

 

As soon as I start to scroll, the first link "blanks" out, but the second one works, as does the video, thanks!

 

Cool Viking horseshoe!.

 

THANK YOU, AJ.....BOTH were fascinating!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It is! I don't think everyone can access that link, so here it is:


Horseshoe from the 11th to mid-13th century, found at Lendbreen in 2018. Photo by Espen Finstad, courtesy of Secrets of the Ice.

 

The shoe is remarkably similar to today’s. Modern horseshoes tend to have more nail holes and the standard is that farriers put 3 nails on the inside and 4 on the outside. It’s interesting to see what looks like nail heads left on the shoe as some very old shoes looked like they were tied on.
Obviously the heads of the nails in Viking times were huge so their horses must have had very strong feet to take such big nails without splitting!. Many modern horses, particularly thoroughbreds notoriously have poor quality hoof horn and are a nightmare to keep shoes on. The square bottom left is possibly a stud to prevent slipping.

Modern shoe and nails. The nail heads sit into the groove to stop the heads being knocked off when you go down the road and the groove fills with grit as anti-slip.

Modern shoe with two screw in studs fitted to prevent slipping on wet ground. Farrier got a bit nail happy with how many nails he used!

This horse has 2 Stud fitted in the heel of each shoe to enable tight turns during competition. The boots are there partly to prevent injuries from the studs or shoes.

Are you bored now? I could go on and on!

 

I just reposted the brooch in Jewelry for you , not even realizing you posted this .....lol...talk about zoned into the article.....

 

Thank you for thinking of me, I just saw it. I love the brooch, it is amazing!

 

I read and read these articles. They were a page turner all the way! Thank you for sharing this link, although the very last article was sadly all too true in NY right now.