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Vikings acquitted in 100-year-old murder mystery

reuters.com — Tests of the bones of two Viking women found in a buried longboat have dispelled 100-year-old suspicions that one was a maid sacrificed to accompany her queen into the afterlife, experts said on Friday.

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  • Nhmarine, on 04/26/2008, -52/+3first for the first time in my life! FIRST!!!
    • lastthingusee, on 04/26/2008, -2/+27I can't even begin to fathom how much you will be dug down.
    • shaherazad, on 04/26/2008, -4/+5what a pathetic accomplishment.
  • BossKey, on 04/26/2008, -6/+3"Bloody Vikings..."
    - Monty Python, Spam sketch
  • mrgeekguy, on 04/26/2008, -3/+32Finally! I can sleep easy tonight.
  • diggMeDOWNx, on 04/26/2008, -7/+18ID LIKE TO SEE SOME LESBIAN VIKINGS DOING SEX
    • leszek, on 04/26/2008, -3/+7duh, Vikings women don't exist.
      • polarbear66, on 04/26/2008, -0/+8that's not necessarily true,

        the nothern culture celebrated women as equals, though they understood their strengths being in cunning, and civic skill (yes, including what we consider "house wife" duties)

        some of the women had fought alongside the men, if they were deemed a worthy warrior - though it was uncommon
        • diggMeDOWNx, on 04/26/2008, -3/+4Jeeze, I just wanted too see lesbian vikings having sex not hear the whole history of them.
    • MetaMars, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1vikings womens have less hairs
    • davidsetagaya, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1Just to clarify, I dugg you down for using all caps, not the comment.
  • Wyrmfell, on 04/26/2008, -3/+6Why is it that whenever archaeologists find an ancient corpse, they always immediately claim it was a human sacrifice?
    • yetAnotherCroc, on 04/26/2008, -1/+12Because everything in the past was a part of some religious ritual. Every object uncovered is religious, every symbol in ancient languages is religious. Its basically an obsession among historians and archeologist's. In a thousand years they will oncover our iPods and come to the conclusion that they were used in the worship of Steve Jobs. Oh wait...
  • Croecop, on 04/26/2008, -12/+1Ninjas > Pirates > Vikings
  • tonich03, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5OGC
  • SwedishNinja, on 04/26/2008, -1/+18Good thing that's cleared up, now maybe they can focus on winning a Super Bowl.
    • Sambora, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3Comment of the day right there. I award you +1 digg.
      • Icyfenix, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2BEHOLD the comment of +1 diggs. When wielded it grants the user +1 to their digg modifier.
  • slut, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2It's okay, they stole the knights treasure chest, got what they deserved.
  • praetorianpi, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6Finally these women can get on with the rest of their lives.
  • retawd, on 04/26/2008, -2/+10I bet Nancy Grace still won't accept the findings.
  • Premier, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3Great, cause I was so wondering about this ...
  • JedicodeWarrior, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Probably a result of an old Jerry Springer episode.
  • psykiv, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Slow news day?
  • czeman, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2How long until they're released from prison?
  • supremebeing18, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1FIRST
  • camelot2302, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Thank God we got that cold case cleared up. We can finally get the case-files put away. They've been on the detectives desks for AGES. Hothgar (head of Viking-Homicide) has been complaining this case has been holding all his other cases up!
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