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Judi Lynn

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:10 PM Nov 2020

VIKING TEMPLE TO THOR AND ODIN UNEARTHED IN NORWAY

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Archaeologists have uncovered a Viking temple devoted to Ancient Norse gods like Thor. In Norway, the ruins of the 1,200-year-old pagan temple have been dug up and provide a rare insight into the Viking religion.



The Old Norse “god house” was built from wood about 1200 years ago to worship gods like Odin, Thor, and Freyr.
Post-holes that show its distinctive shape, including its central tower, have been unearthed at the site.




The god house (shown here in a digital reconstruction) was strongly built of beams and walls of wood; some lasted
for hundreds of years. It included a central tower, patterned on Christian churches seen in lands further south.


Archaeologists have dated the remains of the large wooden building to the end of the 8th century. They think it would have stood 40 feet high and was 45 feet long and 26 feet wide.

That’s just over half as tall as Buckingham Palace.
It’s thought sacrifices and feasts would have occurred inside to honour the gods during the midsummer and midwinter solstices.

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VIKING TEMPLE TO THOR AND ODIN UNEARTHED IN NORWAY (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2020 OP
Fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing! niyad Nov 2020 #1
Awesome! LSFL Nov 2020 #2
Wow, that's amazing! 2naSalit Nov 2020 #3
Below the article was an ad for another article about a 200,000 "city" in S. Africa... Jeez! Karadeniz Nov 2020 #4
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