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8/19/2007
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A Minnesota Mystery: The Kensington Runestone
Author: Ben Tracy Source: WCCO (MN)
Title: A MINNESOTA MYSTERY: THE KENSINGTON RUNESTONE
It's one of Minnesota's greatest mysteries. It's something that puts settlers in America well before Columbus. A Minnesota geologist thinks the controversial Kensington Runestone is the real thing and there is evidence that he says backs up the theory.
The Kensington Runestone is a rock found near Alexandria a century ago. It's inscription speaking of Norwegians here in 1362. It begs the question. Were Vikings exploring our land more than 100 years before Columbus? Or is it just an elaborate hoax?
New research shows that the stone is genuine and there's hidden code that may prove it. It contains carved words that have haunted these hills and the Ohman family for more than 100 years, yet their faith has never wavered.
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| HOW CAN.... | Aug 21st. at 6:36:22 am EDT
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Whitewolf (Schenectady, New York) - Email Me
you "discover" somewhere that WAS ALREADY INAHBITATED? This reminds me a LOT of the discovery of the 2 Viking books and a map.... the map seems to be the point of contention. Supposedly the Viking didn't use maps, and they are doing everything they can do to prove the map is a fake, and the reason being is that they DON'T want to have to REWRITE history and not to mention the fact that it would poop Columbus' little party! I hope they have to sense to NOT prove it fake just for the sake of proving it fake.... if it's real, SAY SO!
Love to all
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| Templars? | Aug 21st. at 12:53:15 am EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
They're dating to 1362, according to the stones, and that's Christian Reconning. It's conceivable that the Templars had used Runes, rather than Roman, as a kind of Cypher, since, at that time, they didn't want the whereabouts of their navy known.
BTW, this is the Seventh Centenial, of the persecution of the Templars. The Roman Catholic Church is unable to rehabilitate the Templar Order, due to the fact that they'd never been excommunicated. They have admitted a belief that Pope Clamente V had been operating under "Undue Influence." I think a Templar Navy would have been more likely, at that late date, than a Viking one, but they may have had a good relation with some Reclamatory Viking Pagans, since Sangraal has much in common with those berries, Odin was passing about the table.
Also, the Navigational Information on The Land Promised The Saints had already been published by its discoverer, for Christian Purposes, Saint Brendan, of the 6th Century.
I'm not sure how strong a claim Columbus has, as discoverer of America, but if the Egyptians could travel to Ireland, they could certainly reach America, and I wouldn't be surprised to find evidence of Tobacco, in an Egyptian Mummy.
St. Brendan is the annointed Patron Saint of the US Navy, and it wouldn't surprise me to find the Templars had something to do with that.
Arawn
Find More info -- HERE
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| Another Interesting Link | Aug 20th. at 2:13:05 pm EDT
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Ben Gruagach (Oakville, Minnesota) - Email Me
Check out the link attached for some more interesting information, including more pictures and a map showing two possible routes the vikings might have taken to get to where the Kensington rune stone was left.
Find More info -- HERE
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| Columbus And Vespucci | Aug 20th. at 2:08:44 pm EDT
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Ben Gruagach (Oakville, Minnesota) - Email Me
Hi Moon Dancer.
Vespucci's voyages to the New World were in 1499 and 1502. Columbus came over before that, in 1492.
The continents were named after Amerigo Vespucci by Europeans because he was the one who pushed the idea that it was a new continent they were visiting, and not just the eastern coast of Asia. Columbus thought it was Asia.
Vespucci's name being associated with the continents had little to do with who was actually here first.
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| Not The First Rune Stone Discovered | Aug 20th. at 10:33:00 am EDT
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Lady-hearted Mojo (Irving, Texas) - Email Me
This isn't the first rune stone found in the US. There is a well-known, autheticated, translated runestone in near Poteau, OK. A park was develop around the runestone (which is now protected behind a plastic window) and is open to the public. The runestone at Poteau is basically a marker that says "We were here."
I've always wondered what the Native Americans must have thought the first time they saw a Viking longboat sailing up the Mississippi River and along it's tributaries.
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| Agreed. | Aug 20th. at 9:06:35 am EDT
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Greybird (Sullivan, Indiana) - Email Me
If I discover a great book, does that mean that the book didn't exist before, or that I'm claiming to be the first to read it? It is like asking who invented the bow and arrow - lots of peoples did, each in the context of their own cultures. In the context of western European culture, Columbus did discover the Americas, just as the Norse discovered it in the context of early northern European history.
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| ... | Aug 19th. at 12:16:26 pm EDT
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web
Have they carbon-dated the runic inscription? It's already well-known that that crusading idiot Columbus didn't discover the Americas.
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