New posts

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="nodle" data-source="post: 12452" data-attributes="member: 1"><img src="http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5227/mussepigggifbe4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Swedish archaeologists have uncovered signs of a Viking precursor to Mickey Mouse. Among the objects found during excavations at Upp?kra in southern Sweden is an iron age figure bearing a strong resemblance to the classic cartoon character.But archaeologist Jerry Rosenberg from Lund University is confident that the bronze brooch - used as a clasp to fasten women's clothing - was in fact intended to represent a Lion King rather than a mere mouse."The find is from around 900 AD. It was probably a lion's head that originally came from France. It was however more than likely designed by somebody who had never actually seen a lion."Instead it turned into this sort of strange, fantasy animal," he told The Local.Despite the cartoon coincidence, Rosenberg insists there are no plans to open a Viking equivalent to Disneyland."No, I don't think so. But we do have a big exhibition at the Lund Historical Museum, which includes two to three thousand objects," he said.Archaeologists have recovered a total of over 20,000 Iron Age items since digging began at Upp?kra in 1996. The town functioned as a major cultic and political centre from the first to the tenth century, at which point it was replaced by the strategically better placed city of Lund just five kilometres away.</blockquote>

Verification