The exploration
was done in a bog by the river Beresina north-east for the
Belarus`
capital Minsk. Some of the
items were a set of weights for weighting silver, 183 undamaged coins, 77 pieces
of silver coins of high quality, and an silver bracelet with an sword decorated
with a handle designed in silver (reported by the Russian news agency Interfax).
Belarus is a
small country located in the Eastern
Europe.
Neighbouring
countries are Russia in
the north and east, Latvia and
Lithuania in
the north-west, Poland in
the west and Ukraine in
the south. The Vikings were venturesome seafarers from
Norway. They
sailed around the world between 850 and 1050. Sometimes they behaviour were very
brutal, but they were also considered to be good traders. First and foremost the
Vikings were great explorers!
The exploration
confirms the theory that the Vikings used the river Beresina for their transport
to the Black Sea and Constantinople.
Stein Morten Lund, 1 September 2000
Additional information
Read more about
the Vikings life in East
Europe ("Vikings in Russia Archaeological
treasures from Staraia Ladoga and Novgorod").
http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/variagi.html
Other
interesting links:
http://www.viking.no/
http://www.control.chalmers.se/vikings/indexframe.html
http://www.valhs.org/ http://www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings/
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