Griffin is the co-founder of the William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs at Norwich University in Vermont, along with his friend, historian, and Patton biographer Colonel Carlo D'Este.
A Viking's height could be anywhere between 66 inches 1.67 meters and 69 inches 1.75 meters. The tall ones are said to be Vikings of higher stature since they are likely to have better nutrition and eat better diets compared to the common Viking warriors. The notion that Vikings were tall people may also be because people in some parts of Europe are relatively short. This may be the reason why they might consider Vikings as people with increased height. But compared Viking's height to today's people, they are considered as people with average height.
foxsports Aug 14, 2015 at 8:10p ET. Five operable doors that the Minnesota Vikings say are the largest in the world have arrived at the teamâs construction site for its new, roughly $1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium. The doors, designed by architect HKS, are 75 to 95 feet tall and 55 feet wide and arrived on site earlier this week.