"Arab" Found in Danish Iron-Age Grave
No wonder Danes had a bone to pick with Arab Muslims over the cartoons. They see them as ancient colonialists.
An ancient Dane with Arabian genes is part of a DNA study that suggests Scandinavians of 2,000 years ago were more genetically diverse than today.
The study analyzed 18 well-preserved bodies from two burial sites dating from 0 to A.D. 400 in eastern Denmark. The sites were originally excavated some 20 years ago.
One skeleton had a type of DNA signature—known as a haplogroup—closely associated with the Arabian Peninsula, according to Melchior.
“It’s especially found among some Bedouin tribes, but it has also been found in the southern part of Europe,” the researcher said.
These accursed Arabs are like flies, they’re everywhere.
I wouldn’t say it’s too uncommon… people in those days sometimes got around a lot more than we might think.
Look at the example of Harald Hardrade, who was a king of Norway. He fought battles in North Africa, Syria, and Italy, as well as serving the Byzantine Emperor for a time. He eventually died trying to invade England in 1066.
Given his travels, it hardly seems unlikely that people from other parts of the world might’ve made their way to Denmark.