All history-buffs know that the Romans got around. At the height of the Empire, they controlled territory stretching from northern……
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Supported by evidence published in The Housman Society Journal, a new theory suggests ancient Greek explorer Pytheas may have discovered Iceland……
Roboter und geothermale Energie sollen einem kanadischen Unternehmen helfen, “ökofreundliches” Gold in Island zu schürfen, berichtet Mining Weekly. Das Unternehmen……
Once upon a time, there was a brave Viking chief called Ingólfur Arnarson. He took to the open ocean along with his family and farmhands to seek out a land far across the sea that only a handful of explorers had visited. When Ingólfur saw this new, uninhabited land rise from the sea, knowing nothing of its opportunities or the challenges it presented, he asked the gods for direction on where to settle. Ingólfur threw his high-seat pillars overboard, swearing an oath to build his farm wherever they came ashore. The gods directed the pillars to Reykjavík, where Ingólfur made his home in the year 874.