Ring brings ancient Viking, Islamic civilizations closer together

Ancient find fingers ninth century connection between Vikings and Islamic civilization.

More than a century after its discovery in a ninth century woman’s grave, an engraved ring has revealed evidence of close contacts between Viking Age Scandinavians and the Islamic world.

Man, that’s a long way to sail in a longboat. Down the coast of Europe, across the Mediterranean and back….Reminds me of Michael Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead, where an Arab journeys with the Vikings…or Stephen Lawhead’s Byzantium, where an Irish monk turned Viking goes to the Mediterranean.