My favourite counter to the Kensington runestone is to ask anyone who knows Swedish to try reading and understand the meaning, and then have them try reading something like the westrogothic law, which would be contemporary (both of course transliterated to modern text). The runestone is perfectly understandable to a modern Swedish speaker. The law is like reading Icelandic.
cool point, gotta try reading it. just looking at it it's just clearly some person who knows how to write using "latin"/modern lettering in rows from left to right, probably hasn't seen a runestone or thought much about how they looked, and just looked at a rune alphabet or something
The Kensington Runestone has been a major driver of tourism to Alexandria Minnesota. Exactly as it was created to do. Visit Alexandria on your next vacation.
I have been meaning to ask what is your take on the Ulfberht swords? If you hazarded a guess what does Ulfberht mean to you? I have seen there is was a runestone found in Oklahoma too.
there is a renewal of people saying its not fake because of that geologist who analyzed it and said they saw the elements of nature degraded it for 200 years prior to its discovery.
@@Fridrik- it's been years since I read about it. Yet down in south America there are petroglyph on the side of a mountain. Along with those is runic inscriptions. Sorry that about as much as I can remember and no they were not thought to be fake and yes they were supposed to be there for a long time. .
@@Fridrik- I hope that helps I heard they were supposed to be very old and are not faked. I wouldn't begin to say yes or no but I know how the Norse were and I could see some of them having gotten blown off course or just ended up there lol. So that's definitely one I would like him to look at. Let us know what you find out. Thanks
I love this! I will repeatedly watch at the 46 second mark. I had been unsupported in this notion (that travel was much farther and often than previously suspected), when I wrote a crazy story about bones with Scandinavian DNA markers were found in a ancient Mayan ruin. I thought it was purely fantastical, like the video of the viking playing with dinosaurs. The more I learned the more that suggestion grew in my mind, and then I also remembered a video about how Sci fi fuels science, or such. Though we do not have teleporters like on Star Trek, you can be certain researchers are all over that... infact, my last Uber driver confirmed that hovering cars are out there, not just fiction anymore. Oooops, didn't mean to turn such a factual, intelligent video into a platform to spout rediculous theories and hoaxes, but it happens.
i dont know anything about it but imagine you're in the year 500 or whatever and half literate the only one that knows letters and your instructed to chronicle your journey for everyone
What about the Rune Stone in Oklahoma? The idea is that a viking explorer named Glom made into Oklahoma through the river systems, wrote his name on a rock and took a bunch of native people back with him. I know, it's out there, may nor have happened, but it's a cool story and a lot of people gather there and the runes are behind glass now there. But the idea that it's possible is amazing
I like the idea that Dr. Jackson Crawford keeps toy dinosaurs on his person. Essential everyday carry.
My favourite counter to the Kensington runestone is to ask anyone who knows Swedish to try reading and understand the meaning, and then have them try reading something like the westrogothic law, which would be contemporary (both of course transliterated to modern text). The runestone is perfectly understandable to a modern Swedish speaker. The law is like reading Icelandic.
cool point, gotta try reading it. just looking at it it's just clearly some person who knows how to write using "latin"/modern lettering in rows from left to right, probably hasn't seen a runestone or thought much about how they looked, and just looked at a rune alphabet or something
@@molnet999probably exactly what happened. The stone also uses words like "oppdagelsefärd" whish stick out like a sore thumb 😂
I love that you brought a dinosaur model with you just to illustrate your point. I get the impression that you wanted to show off one of your toys.
Someone should buy him a Transformers Beast Wars Megatron.
the Kensington stone is certainly authentic; it was produced by a descendant of the Vikings at the end of the 19th century
The Kensington Runestone has been a major driver of tourism to Alexandria Minnesota. Exactly as it was created to do. Visit Alexandria on your next vacation.
I have been meaning to ask what is your take on the Ulfberht swords? If you hazarded a guess what does Ulfberht mean to you? I have seen there is was a runestone found in Oklahoma too.
noooo!! my fantasies!
there is a renewal of people saying its not fake because of that geologist who analyzed it and said they saw the elements of nature degraded it for 200 years prior to its discovery.
You are so awesome, dear sir.
Thanks for the truth. What about the runes that were found in South America? You should do a video on those.
We are going to need more info here.
@@Fridrik- it's been years since I read about it. Yet down in south America there are petroglyph on the side of a mountain. Along with those is runic inscriptions. Sorry that about as much as I can remember and no they were not thought to be fake and yes they were supposed to be there for a long time. .
@@vikingskuld Thank you. Remember what country ? Never mind, found it. Paraguay.
@@Fridrik- awesome yes I think that's the country
@@Fridrik- I hope that helps I heard they were supposed to be very old and are not faked. I wouldn't begin to say yes or no but I know how the Norse were and I could see some of them having gotten blown off course or just ended up there lol. So that's definitely one I would like him to look at. Let us know what you find out. Thanks
I love this! I will repeatedly watch at the 46 second mark. I had been unsupported in this notion (that travel was much farther and often than previously suspected), when I wrote a crazy story about bones with Scandinavian DNA markers were found in a ancient Mayan ruin. I thought it was purely fantastical, like the video of the viking playing with dinosaurs. The more I learned the more that suggestion grew in my mind, and then I also remembered a video about how Sci fi fuels science, or such. Though we do not have teleporters like on Star Trek, you can be certain researchers are all over that... infact, my last Uber driver confirmed that hovering cars are out there, not just fiction anymore. Oooops, didn't mean to turn such a factual, intelligent video into a platform to spout rediculous theories and hoaxes, but it happens.
Not the intended take away, but I would totally watch that movie
Aliens
Aliens
What do you think about Alice Kehoe's book on the subject?
How do you feel about the Runestone located in Heavener, Oklahoma? I’ve been wanting to go check it out.
Just from a geographically and historically informed standpoint, that's sh*ts fake as hell
It’s the same thing. There are zero rune stones in North America. Unless there was something at the Vinland site in Newfoundland that I’m unaware of
Ah, but what about the Heavener stone? 🤔😉😂😂
Do the Heavener runestone next.
i dont know anything about it but imagine you're in the year 500 or whatever and half literate the only one that knows letters and your instructed to chronicle your journey for everyone
Was that a toy of a hook horror??
No, it's a velcioraptor.
Hook horror would have been awesome though.
What about the Rune Stone in Oklahoma? The idea is that a viking explorer named Glom made into Oklahoma through the river systems, wrote his name on a rock and took a bunch of native people back with him. I know, it's out there, may nor have happened, but it's a cool story and a lot of people gather there and the runes are behind glass now there. But the idea that it's possible is amazing
Years? You look 30😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You don't have a idea what you talking about 😂
Now do one on the Voynich manuscript, from the point of view of a runes specialist.
There is none?