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Would Be Nice....
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:41 am
by Minimalist
if they actually had any evidence for it!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... cloudydays
Vikings navigated the oceans with sundials aboard their Norse ships. But on an overcast day, sundials would have been useless. Many researchers have suggested that the on foggy days, Vikings looked toward the sky through rock crystals called sunstones to give them direction.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:19 pm
by Forum Monk
This has been posted on this forum before and if knew how to this idiot search function I would have shown you where.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:05 pm
by MichelleH
Forum Monk wrote:This has been posted on this forum before and if knew how to this idiot search function I would have shown you where.
That would be here.....
http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... +sun#27330
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:13 pm
by Minimalist
See? All it takes is a little know-how!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:53 pm
by Forum Monk
I think Michelle has the owner's manual.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:18 pm
by Minimalist
I hear its in Greek.