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Exploration & Migration
The Vikings Were in North America 500 Years Before Columbus — Here's the Evidence
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L'Anse aux Meadows proves Vikings settled in Canada around 1000 AD.
The reconstructed sod huts at the L'Anse aux Meadows site.
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Archaeologists discovered eight timber-framed turf buildings in Newfoundland during the 1960s. These structures mirror those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland from the same era.
"This is the only confirmed Norse site in North America."
The site served as a base for exploration further south into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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