The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 2, January 11, 2004, Article 22

VIKING VILLAGE HOPES DASHED

  On January 8th Reuters reported that "Archaeologists were
  excited to find what they thought was the first evidence of
  ninth century Viking settlement in Scotland.

  They had spent days painstakingly excavating the site after
  50-year old Marion Garry said she had uncovered an unusual
  arrangement of smooth, flat stones a few feet below the surface
  of her garden in Fife.

  "We thought we'd hit the jackpot," Scottish archaeologist
  Douglas Speirs told newspapers."

  "Only when the area was completely excavated and materials
  analyzed did the horrible truth dawn -- the stones were nothing
  more significant than a 1940s sunken patio."

  To read the full story, see:
  http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=4093019

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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