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David M Krueger, PhD Profile picture
David M Krueger, PhD
@davidkrueger01
Historian, Educator, and ED at @DialogueINST. Interests: #Religion #AmRel #myths #religioninphilly #interfaith #dialogue #Philly #Vikings #tours #democracy
Feb 22, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
There's more to the story of Minnesota's Kensington Rune Stone than the debate about its authenticity as a Norse artifact from 1362. Its inscription served as an alternative myth of origin speaking to issues of race, religion, & identity: upress.umn.edu/book-division/… @UMinnPress An overview: the artifact was unearthed by a Swedish farmer from his field in 1898. Scholars declared the stone to be the product of a hoax, but many locals persisted in asserting it was inscribed by Norse explorers 140 years before the explorations of Columbus. But WHY? 2/