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Viking Runestones Suggest Bluetooth’s Mom Was Actually a Really Big Deal
Archaeologists scrutinising two groups of runestones from Denmark have determined the name ‘Thyra’ mentioned in the two inscriptions refers to the same woman: Queen Thyra, wife of Gorm the Old, and mother of Harald Bluetooth, the ruler whose name adorns the technology that connects modern wireless devices. Vikings were seafarers, traders, and raiders that settled…