Comments on: Miklagard: When the Vikings Reached Constantinople

By: Johannes

Johannes — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:59:20 +0000

There is a great comic book series called Basil Basileus and in the first issue narrates the arrival of a Viking in Constantinople.

By: Dave Peterson

Dave Peterson — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:30:17 +0000

In reply to Mehmet Kizilbey. Read the book, Byzantium. It's a historical fiction book of Vikings in Byzantium.

By: Pavlos

Pavlos — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:31:13 +0000

In reply to George Roushas. Make a DNA test to find out. I had mine and found a lost connection to the Nordics. 7% of my DNA comes from people who used to live around western Baltic sea, modern day Denmark, South Sweden and around the sea, like Polish coasts or southern Finland.

By: George Roushas

George Roushas — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:57:37 +0000

I am of Cypriot origin and I often wonder where I have my blue eyes and fair skin.
Could it be from viking times?

By: Chris Viken

Chris Viken — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:13:58 +0000

I took art history at the Univ. of Minnesota some years ago, and the “Hafdan was here” language analogy in the Hagia Sophia always stuck with me. Yes, a great many things about human tourists doesn’t change. I can just imagine Halfdan in a selfie today.

By: Matthildur Johannsdottir

Matthildur Johannsdottir — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:02:08 +0000

In the Icelandic Sagas they talk of the young coming back home after 4 ore 6 years. And those that returned had purpura red mantels. That only those that had been there had.
In Icelandic
Mikli – grate
Garður – wall, garden, City.
Konstantinopel had grate enormus wall’s. And multiple wall’s. Probably the first thing you had seen.

By: Mehmet Kizilbey

Mehmet Kizilbey — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:12:53 +0000

As a history love person including Norwegen history l read very much attention from your articles.l supplyed your information about Viking s at İstanbul .All information about is reasonable.Now l have more information about Vikings.Thank You .l send You my idea about success your production. Greetings from Türkiye.