Muslim sees a Viking Burial (Warning: Adult Content)
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I read pages 49-54 of 'Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North' (Penguin Classics) www.amazon.co.uk/Ibn-Fadlan-L...
I read pages 49-54 of 'Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North' (Penguin Classics) www.amazon.co.uk/Ibn-Fadlan-L...
My forefathers were vikings and im a Muslim. Alhamdulillah From Denmark
Hey! Your channel is awesome. Post more often pls.
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Alhamdulillah
Mashallah brother! May Allah keep you steadfast on the right path.
Salam my Viking Brother!
I read this before and still felt horrified at the retelling of this madness, I thank Allah for the gift and blessing of Islam.
The American movie The 13th Warrior based on the real-life adventure of (Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan), an Arab Muslim ambassador and poet who traveled north to the Viking lands in the 10th century.
AlhamdulilLah. And yet, they too likely received messengers of God/AlLah coming to them as all nations did.. they likely took what was taught and, as people have done, changed the teachings of the messengers to fit their own narratives.
There is no such thing as “the blessing of Islam”. If you believe in your religion, blessing only comes from one place: God, Allah, Dieu, YHWH, the God of Abraham.
@@monocle8868 Are you dumb bro? I thank Allah for the blessing of sight means I'm thanking Allah for giving me sight, as it is one of the blessings of Allah, it does not mean I'm thanking sight or saying the sight has blessed me, so thanking Allah for the blessing of Islam means I thank Allah for guiding me to Islam as that is a blessing from Allah, subhan Allah, go learn english before going around correcting people.
@@imambaybars3405 Not Dumb. Just Less Sectarian and Provincial than most who still think religion should play an important role in people’s lives. 🤷🏻♂️
Muslim travelers had more scientically-accurate and impartial accounts of other cultures and their ways of life than the Europeans who imitated them centuries later.
The American movie The 13th Warrior based on the real-life adventure of (Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan), an Arab Muslim ambassador and poet who traveled north to the Viking lands in the 10th century.
Is that why they burnt down the library of Alexandria? Don't talk nonsense here..
@@ellobo4211 who burn the library?
@@ellobo4211 the romans burnt it down when they conquered the city, go back and read history not fake pseudo history.
@@ellobo4211 lol that has been debunked so long ago.
I am a danish muslim and while listening all kind of thoughts went true my mind on the way ppl live today..anyway that was a fascination and macaber tale of the viking ways.
The whole world were like this if they didn't have God. The Arabs before Islam were truly beasts.
@@orwellianyoutube8978no dude Arabs didnt do cannabalism neither killing ur wife for after life
@@manofwar2354before the Prophet Muhammad SAW PBUH some arabs of that time were burying their daughters of what was considered shamefull for having given birth to a girl. It was our beloved Prophet PBUH that stopped this practice and mentioned the blessing of having a daughter, and abolished slavery until this day muslims follow the teachings of our most Honored Prophet Muhammad SAW PBUH and his family be peace and blessings.
@@orwellianyoutube8978 bruh, Arabs may have done bad things, but were not like vikings or other folks who did bat-$hit crazy things.
@@Mohammadkwt Yes BC This is Sparta !!!!!
Paul, you are the very first Muslim I have ever heard telling us about this remarkable Viking Tradition - usually hidden by one and all including by Hollywood! Thank you. Kindest regards Basheer
You apparently havn't seen the movie The 13th warrior from 1999, which shows part of this burial, not all the details ofcourse.
Nothing remarkable about 6 men raping a drunk woman before murdering her. What a stupid and retarded polytheistic belief
Brother Paul you're a great narrator! it was a joy, please keep these kind of videos coming
Thank you, I will
@@seekkeith23 use ur time " wisely " read ur own books n njoy n follow it. Hahaaaaa Why you here? We here bcos it's what we njoy n follow To each he's own You know you remind me of someone who wants to become a lawyer but sits in a medical school class N then mock it Shows your stupidity We have Surah KAAFIROON just for you
Fun fact : The movie '13th Warrior' is based on this Ibn Fadlan.
*Loosely based on Ibn Fadlan.
Great movie
"Ibn!"
Thank you
When im bored, i just search this channel.... knowledge + Imaan.... what else u want? keep doing this paul, May Allah bless u and your family...
Without Almighty's guidance , man is a beast!!
Foreal the pagan customs are very unsettling and demonic must’ve been scary
Muhammad ordered a fire be kindled on the chest of Kinana, a Jewish prisoner to make him confess where his treasure was buried.
But he confessed before the fire was started. @@tubba-dg7to
Actually, even worse
@@tubba-dg7toplease cite your source for what you noted here or tour proof? Anyone can make a statement, doesn't make it true.
Wow that was fascinating! I would never have read such a book but so glad you shared this with us! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
@fightthesourceofterrorism v are you okay?
@fightthesourceofterrorism v And successfully you spread the Impression of yourself being of zero Intelligence, neither born with a stable or normal brain nor ever gone to school right from the beginning. It is a tolerant world, don't worry... We spare some space for people of conjectures like you... Be Happy you don't have to change or even think about it. 👏👏👏👏👏
@fightthesourceofterrorism v the abrahamic faiths fallow the same God... the sons of Abraham made the 3 main monotheistic faiths in the world... Just like the germanic politheistic faiths... i.e. Odin, Woden, Wotan... Same god, close name...
@@ulfson279nothing with that dude
It’s so amazing that the first detailed written descriptions of the vikings life didn’t came from a European but it came from an arab from baghdad
The only surviving eye-witness account of a Viking ship cremation . Amazing stuff. Thanks.
makes you wonder if it was really that common then.
Makes the hallucination rituals of the Amazon tribes seem like a day out in Blackpool. Ibn Fadlan our David Attenborough of the dark ages. Mashallaah.
Shocking account - and Ibn Faldan has done justice by giving quite a bit of detail. This book was mentioned by Jonathan Brown in his favorite books video. I thought it would be more about travels but this has cultural details from which one could learn a lot. Not sure if I could read this part that you read, so glad I heard it. Watching stopped me from imagining the scene, as often happens when one reads.
Amazing detailed description, facinating beyond my wildest dreams. I never knew, I actually imagined what was happening as I was listening. thank you brother Paul
I always enjoy listening to brother Paul and as for the the story itself, what an amazing account of events, the information is truly priceless...
Glad you enjoyed it
Alhamdulillah our brother is a blessing to us his devotion and efforts are amazing
Hollywood made a movie inspired by Aḥmad ibn Faḍlan experienced with the Vikings title "The 13th Warrior."
Is it good?
@@boogus1670 😆
That was based on a book. The writer, and my memory isn't great wrote it as a realistic Beowulf on some kind of challenge or bet.
@@boogus1670 yes it is.
@@boogus1670 yes very good movie
You could see the the propaganda of Hollywood in Thirteenth Warrior about this. The movie had nothing of such grim and ugliness. All beauty and bravery as if Viking were Angels.
not really, they we're pretty disgusting and unclean
It was a book, and second it’s just movie, meant for entertainment.
@@rifisnotmorocco Nothing from Hollywood is just meant for entertainment, it is also meant to indoctrinate and also revise history.
@@B.Precision it’s pure entertainment! It’s a model to make money like any company in the world, and you and me are choose to watch does production for its entertainment. Besides no one obligated us to wacht them. You have Turkish cinema, Egyptian, Chines, European cinemas who produce movies.. pick your poison or don’t watch to educate but just to simply entertain yourself with eye candy movies
Wow... I don't know what to say bout that kind of burial ceremony, so extreme. Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating 1st hand testimony of Ibn Fadlan with us. I don't think I will ever had a chance to read the book but now I know the important part of it through you. Thank you again
Alhamdulillah . Allah has blessed us with the beauty of Islam. Thanks brother paul for educating us.
AlhamduLIALLAH for Islam yaa Rahman This SOUNDS like the old Hindu burial rituals mixed with Kenyan burial rituals.. Strange
I thought the same thing. In Hindu culture widows who are still alive would be cremated with their dead husbands. Currently this tradition is banned under superstition.
Interesting, didn’t know Kenyans had burial rituals
60% of kenyans are christians so their burial are according to christianity and mixed with some rituals but vikings are extreme never seen anywhere in kenya where dead are burnt.
@Designer Dude yea maybe if the deceased wanted to..here in kenya only indians are cremated
I've read this before, but really thank you! this is such a great content to share! for Muslims and non Muslims.
I'm fascinated by you information gathering and reference finding. From photos to books to all sorts of other things you have on your channel. Wish I had that wisdom and know how
Wow, thank you!
Very informative, brother Paul! JazakaAllah!
OMG!!! Just Imagine what happens when they have an event that causes lots of deaths, like a disease or a battle.
lots of burning
Fire everywhere
Thats only for 'very rich' people. Not everyone have slave, cows, horses, etc at that time, except a very 'exceptional' people. Its like when 1000 years from now, people read what the newspaper describe of the burrial of the Queen elizabeth. And thinking that the same burial are for everyone.
الحمد لله على نعمة الإسلام All praise is due to Allah for being blessed with Islam
Allah said : the unbelievers will be thrown into the fire and as soon as their skins are burnt through they will be replaced with new ones so they can continue to taste the punishment.
@tubba-dg7to Injustice is forbidden in Islam in all its forms. When someone worships others besides God (such as idols, money, their desires, etc.) or says that there is no Creator (with all the design we see in the universe...just take the DNA as an example), they commit the worst of all injustices because this injustice is directed at God. With this injustice, they deserve the worst punishment. But God has been fair to humans. He warned them and told them what will happen to them after death and encouraged them to make good decisions. It's their choice. They have the chance to pass the test of life, but if they decide to choose to fail, they can only blame themselves.
@@tubba-dg7tosomebody mad
All praise to Allah Who grace us with Islam, we have seen enough atrocity without His guidance
We have seen much atrocities because of his interference.
@@cestmois9959 Don't blame people's sins on the Almighty for He gave us FREE CHOICE. Some choose to do good while others choose to do evil.
Excellent video. Michael Crichton wrote a novel called Eaters of the Dead, which was then turned into a Hollywood movie The 13th Warrior, which depicts Ibn Fadlans accounts as he journeyed into Viking lands.
A great movie and cast despite the lacking of big Hollywood names except for Antonio Panderas
kinda like mixed of Bewolf and ibn Faldan's observation
@@khalsida300 A great movie
@Khaliil bin Ammar Ok.. Banderaz
@YYY MMM Is your problem with all religions or it's only with islam and our prophet Mohammad peace be upon him?
everytime I hear the story of ibn Fadlan I am reminded of that excellent novel, Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Cricthon, on which the movie the 13th warrior is based. Crichton basically used the scant record of ibn Fadlan as a basis to weave in a semi-historical, but grounded, retelling of the Bewoulf story. Excellent, really.
There's a Syrian series of that story call ed the world's roof. It is more detailed but without the sexual detail of course.
I'd listen to paul relating a story all day
That was not disturbing at all! Now a days that would be considered as a great movie with millions of viewers all over the world! All the thanks to Allah for Islam's bury traditions !
There's a movie based on ahmed ibn fadlan stories it is the 13th warrior
@@noob-kun7768 Well, there is no need to spread the name of such a movie, it is better to just remove the name and not let people know about such a thing!
@@seekkeith23 stop describing your family
@@minsuga4690 I would've liked your comment but I saw a kpop idol so nvm
@@----f faq off
I love to sit and listen and imagine all these events and characters in my mind just before I sleep ✨
SubhanAllah! I've seen Viking burials before in movies and such but not with so much details. Got me emotional a bit with the slave girl being scarified 😢. Thanks again for sharing, alhamdulillah for Islam ❤️
I feel like Im in a Book Club..thanks Paul..Love your narration...❤
Ibnu Fadlaan was an amazing writer and explorer his discoveries are awesome if you’re fluent in Arabic it’s like watching a movie how he wrote it and narrated in all his journals from Baghdad to Russia.
Assalamu alaykum. I spent a moment of joy with you. An amazing book ! Love from Morocco
wa alaikum assalam
Another interesting and thoughtful video from brother Paul. May Allah (SWT) always be pleased with you!
It was the first lesson which I heared at the first from your page sir .Many Love Swat❣️❣️❣️
Thanks Mr. Paul. Very informative. What's very sinister is that in all of this the Mayans, Egyptians and some Indian cultures practiced the death of the spouse as well. Not in the same manner as the vikings. But similar doctrine.
Ibn Fadlans travels has been one or the best accounts I've studied about the culture and practices pf the Russian, Vikings, Tatars, Turks, etc. It was somehwat pseudo re-enacted with a lot of drama, and changes to the real story in Hollywood's The 13th Warrior where a lot of Ibn Fadlan's accounts were adopted in the screenplay. Jazaakum ALLAH Khair brother Paul Ameeen
I absolutely love this book thanks for sharing!
It’s amazing for me how you kmow what is going to benefit and entertain the audience!! May Allah bless you 🌹
Thank you Paul. I would like to hear more of this Muslim/Viking interaction. Specially the Ibn Fadlan interaction.
You might be interested in sharing this book over a podcast with Neil Oliver who is a trained archaeologist. He's done some fascinating documentaries on the Vikings...
Many thanks for such an astounding true account. A documentary movie is worth while.
Please do more reading, I really enjoyed learning something new.
Absolutely fantastic, well told and held the interest from start to finish. Have now subscribed.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your narration makes it more interesting 👍 Should start story telling vlogs or blogs whatever 😁
what horrendous Viking practice!
People do things like this out of ignorance. There is nothing inherently evil about the Vikings.
@bruce wayne Akhii, I’m not condoning their evilness. Rather, I’m pointing out that Allah Azawajal never created man inherently evil but peoples customs and environment make them behave in ungodly ways. Moreover, guidance is from Allah Azawajal as you well know so without His Guidance, man is lost as the Vikings and their like can attest to. And as always… Allah Azawajal Knows Best. Asalamu Alaykum.
The 12 Dislikes are from the Naked Dead Man's Relatives :))
Jazak Allah brother Paul
Sir your narration skills are extra ordinary... keep doing these videos....
Thank you brother Paul for this beautiful and interesting video even i don't understand english well. I have also heard a interesting story of a muslim diplomat andalusian's visit to Danemark when muslims ruled iberic peninsula and have been attacked brutally by the vikings. Nice continuation. Your fun from Morocco.
thanks for the account and quite educational , the leaning side is to appreciate that how the vikings transformed themselves from barbaric to civilized
And Scandinavian Neopagans think this is part of their "beautiful" heritage.
They are influenced by TV series like Vikings where heroic burials are depicted. Even the archeologists in the popular TV show Time Team do not talk about savage rites in detail.
@@MelancholischerMond They have a tendency to be very apologetic about the Vikings, often denying the typical brutish and savage imagination most people have of them as nothing more than medieval Catholic anti-Pagan propaganda. However, Ibn Fadlan's account seems to prove this, no matter how much they deny. This ritual is repugnant through and through and clearly it's an innate part of the savage religion of Norse Paganism.
Where is cancel culture when digging up these skeletons 🧐
@@matthewpaulson6497 Agree with you on a lot, but disagree heavily on Norway being a "Christian" country. It's an extremely liberal and secular mess that has no religion playing any part in its politics. It doesn't describe itself as a Christian country and with the glorified obsession with their Pagan past and liberalism, it's anything but that.
I doubt they think the human sacrifice or slavery are beautiful lol. Human sacrifice was relatively common practice in most societies at one point or another. Besides honor killings and killing apostates or pagans was a common practice in both christian and muslim societies, even some today.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video…please consider posting more snippets from history
Thank you for sharing this precious historic documentation about Norsmen pagan customs
The movie "the 13th warrior is based on his travel to Viking lands. It depicts this event
Talk about painting pictures with words.... fascinating! Great job, brother Paul.
Thank you so much 😀
Paul u r just amazing man.u facinate us from each of ur video.thanks for so much knowledge u giv us.May Allah giv u more strength n good health to keep doing the good work.i don't like reading I like video .so u help me alot In gaining the knowledge
That was quite a long , elaborate and morbid ceremony. Fascinating and fearsome at the same time.
Just want to add that around the same period elsewhere in the world , Hindu,s were doing a similar practice of Sati where the wife of the deceased , the widow would be burnt alive with the dead husband at his cremation. Muhammad pbuh gave women rights and stopped the Arabs who before the advent of Islam were burying their daughter's alive. The practice of Sati was stopped by the British when they colonised India.
"Muhammed gave women rights" That is an historical myth. One that is already evident from Mohammeds own life. Kadiyah was a trader and owner in her own right. It was not Mohammed who gave her those rights. It was her culture that gave her those rights. Real historical research will show that that "giving women rights" as a blanket statement is a myth. In fact muslim women's rights were not in all cases superior to the people around them. In some they were, in some they were not.
Thanks for sharing, fascinating indeed, one can only imagine what was going on in the past, lawlessness and wickedness of mankind had no limits.
Beautiful information, Paul.
Salaams, To ALL! AMEEN! Yet, Another Beautiful Find and Sharing Of Knowledge , From Brother Paul!! --- May ALLAH-(SWT) Bless Him For ALL Of These Efforts!! AMEEN!! What really Amazes me, Is that how We ( As Muslims ) can Still be Such "Beast"! Even Having The "COMPLETED" Wonder And Beauty Of Islam, --------- We Have The Qur'an , Along With The Most EXCELLENT Examples , Through The Noble Prophet Sayyidina MUHAMMAD-(SAW) His-(SAW) Sunnah, Seerat, & Sharia!! - Plus, Those of The Prophet's Noble Family, And Sahabba!! - ( PBUT)!! ------- We Are "EXTRAORDINARILY" Blessed Too Have These Knowledges, And Such Exceptional "Historically Verifiable" Examples Of Their Balanced & Honorable Use, Such as; --- The Continued Extraordinarily "MERCIFUL & GENTLE Hand, Of "Nabi, Sayyidinah MUHAMMAD-(SAW) When The ( 10,000 Plus ) Muslim Army Re-Took The City Of MECCA & Beyond!! ----- The Noble Prophet-(SAW) , Giving The Order that,. "NO ONE IN THE CITY SHOULD BE HARMED!! - "NOT EVEN A BURNING CANDLE SHOULD BE SNUFFED OUT!! --------- OR,.. The Extensively Honorable Muslim Leadership, and Ruler-ship Over The Entire Region Of ANDALUSIA SPAIN. -------- - OR,.. The Virtually Un-heard Of "Brilliant Battle Strategies", Of Commanding General, ( Salahadin AYOUBI )!! -- His Outstandingly Merciful , Humane, & Kind Treatment of Even The Captured Prisoners, During The Battles For The City Of Jerusalem,.. During The Time of The Crusades! -------- We Too" CAN BE" as Honorable & Just, Too Ourselves As-Well as too Others , When We Learn, And, Strive Too Live by These Exemplary "REAL" ( HISTORICAL ) EXAMPLES & RULES!! --------- OR,.. We Can Become The Same Sorts Of "UN-RULY, UN-KNOWLEDGEABLE, UN-DISCIPLINED, And IGNORANT, Beasts!! --------- As Muslims,.. Our Problems, ( As Individuals, and As "THE BEST UMMAH" ) Are "NOT" Because Of Lack Of Absolutely CORRECT Knowledge! --- Our Problems are Because of "BELIEVING Or Effectively APPLYING The Blessed Knowledge!! ------- But,... Our Lack Of Belief, Or, Sincerity, Or Courageous, Can Also Leave Us as Being BEASTS, Or Being Complacently Controlled, and Ruled Over By Beast!! ------------- Because, Except For The GREAT GIFT & BLESSING ( Islam ) We Too Might easily Return to A Condition Of Jahil! Ignorant, Mis-Directed Beast!! --------- May, ALLAH-(SWT) Forgive Us!! AND Re-Guide Us AMEEN!!! --- May SALAAMS and SUCCESS, "BE" With You & Yours dear Brothers and Sisters! AMEEN!!!
Paul, You are a real fortune, Thank you
Fascinating! Good to know that the scenes in the show Vikings was largely based on this account
jazakAllah for your efforts
if you watch the great film "13th Warrior" with Antonio Banderas, who is playing the part of Ibn Fadlan in the fictional storyline.... there are elements of the real writings of Ibn Fadlan in the scenes of the viking burial ( with old witch and slave girl etc). Also the Ibn Fadlan record of how the vikings washed their faces in a bowl and passed it around to their friends is shown in the film scene with Antonio Banderas dressed as a sophisticated Arabian ambassador looking on in disgust as the vikings pass the bowl to their friends😂😂😂
The title of this video is so intriguing!
Enjoyed listening to that bro Paul. I've read this fascinating book, gave me shock and joy in equel measure. I've related the incredible accounts in the book to many of my friends/colleagues. The Viking washing ritual is also an eye opener...
Yes it's disgusting!
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please ask Paul if it is true that ADAM and Musa were in Mecca, can he prove that Mecca exist as an ancient great city..No Mecca, no Islam
this is so fucking interesting dude. its always cool to hear from real sources on what these guys did
Skim the comments, nobody had the urge to use the crude word "F" to appreciate this very interesting and informative vlog !
Excellent commentary and narration.
Very good info! Thank you brother Paul
12:41 that "how thoughtful" tho 😆 🤣
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SUBHAAN-ALLAH!!! How Wonderful It Is, That You Do Such "Extraordinary" Research, And Share with Us Such Knowledge! It's Delightful! TRULY,.. DELIGHTFUL!! Br. Paul, May It "BE" That THE CREATOR, ( ALLAH-SWT) Guarantees That You & Yours "ARE" To "BE" With The BEST Of Creation!!! In FIRDOUS!!! AMEEN!!!
Thank you for sharing brother. Ibn Fadllan was commanded to go to today’s Russia and Scandinavia based on the request of help from muslims there , they wanted help to build fortresses protecting them from the attacks of Khazars .
Just imagine this was reality for a time. Alhamdulillah for the time we live in. This report clearly illustrated how low we humans can fall without guidance of our RabulAlamin Allah Subhanahu wa ta'la
After your warning I delved with the motive: "No shame in science" then later was glad I watched this. I now appreciate how these rituals are no longer being carried out! Also my stomach is disturbed
Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the format of this video - the narration of small snippets from books. Ever thought of doing audio books? Maybe Islamic ones
love to!
@@BloggingTheology go for it! I think there is immense benefit for our community for those who don't have the ability/time to read many books. Allah knows best
Very fascinating mr paul! Great narration and some funny commentary. The vikings way of life is interesting to me and listening to a real life story of a muslim being among them is just amazing. I wonder what the muslim guy was doing there though?
Thank you for sharing whit us this fascinating content
Thank God for the Enlightenment period in Toledo Spain.
So this is even before Marco Polo 👕 Thanks for sharing a little bit about travels of this amazing Muslim traveler. Amazing 👍💯
This book was the source of the movie The 13th Warrior, starring Antonio Banderas as Ibn Fadlan, from Crichton's book, Eaters of the Dead
wow!! fascinating and horrifying experience. Brother, you are a good storyteller.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@BloggingTheology the pleasure is all mine.
Islam is the biggest mercy of God, Thank God we are liberated and saved by it, i wonder what would be world without islam
Peaceful!!!...no terror attacks..
@@v2xerxes580yeah!!! american terror drone strikes against iraqi, somali, libyan, palestinian and afghani civilians those terror attacks and then talking about “peace and human rights”. Just imagine if islam didn’t exist who would combat this terrorism
Why am i wachting this scary stuff right before sleeping 😶
Probably it's the Adult content warning ⚠️😁
The American movie The 13th Warrior based on the real-life adventure of (Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan), an Arab Muslim ambassador and poet who traveled north to the Viking lands in the 10th century.
Wow this is so bizarre and interesting, thank you for sharing dear brother.
thanx for this informative clip every nation precieves it's culture & rituals as standard and "default" when compared to other nations first time i heared about Ibn Fadlan's trip was in the (british history podcast)
Brother Paul Salam aliaukum thank u for sharing.
Wa alaykumu s-salam
Another amazing story thank you
May Allah guide us all to the path of righteousness..... 😢😢
thanks paul for sharing such information
I find it so fascinating that the Vikings also practiced Sati. That and all the wide geographical history of cremation
Interesting history, Thank you Paul
Thank you very much brother Paul for sharing this with us, you do amazing reading all good books
Thank you for the interesting presentation. I read this journey in Arabic a long time ago, and perhaps the most enjoyable part of it is the Vikings fighting what we think are the remains of the Neanderthal race, based on his description of their appearance.