Hot answers tagged vikings In short: no. Culturally, the Vikings
are well-documented to be part of the Norse culture of the Dark
Ages, which in turn is clearly descended from an earlier common
Germanic culture. Linguistically, the Vikings spoke Old Norse,
which is part of the North Germanic branch of Indo-European. The
Israelites spoke Ancient Hebrew, which is part of the Semitic
... I believe that the scene is 13 Warriors is taken from the
account of Ahmad ibn Fadlān ibn al-Abbās ibn Rāšid ibn Hammād
(Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد) detailing his
dealing with Northmen. This was a inspiration for Michael
Crichton's Eaters Of The Dead which was a source for 13
Warriors. The Jewish diaspora did manage to make its way to some
fairly far off lands - India, Ethiopia, Spain... there is a
written historical record, and also strong archaeological
evidence to document their migration to these places.
Unfortunately, there is no such record or body of evidence to
support Scandinavia as one of those far