The Vikings discovered and settled in North America in 1021AD, or roughly 1,003 years ago. (we forgot to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary due to Covid).
Ancient Romans may have discovered North America. A Roman ship wreck off the Texas coast was discovered in 1886 that could be a late imperial merchant ship sunk along the Texas Coast in the Gulf of Mexico. It's not the only ancient Roman ship wreck in the Americas.
A Roman shipwreck was found in the waters off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: thanks to its content, archaeologists were not only able to date the wreck to the mid-3rd century AD, but also to tell us with relative ease the ship came from ancient Zilis, on the Atlantic coast of modern day Morocco.
The History Channel, filming a documentary on Oak Island, south of Nova Scotia, archaeologists found another Roman shipwreck, along with a ceremonial sword, both dating from the 1st century AD. X ray analysis of the sword confirmed the materials used are compatible with those employed in Rome in that time period.
Similar swords were unearthed also in Europe: they all belonged to the period of Emperor Commodus and were given as a gift to particularly deserving gladiators and warriors.
In the past 200 years a number of coins dating from the 1st to the 4th century AD have been discovered in Kentucky (38), Tennessee (2), Massachusetts (about 10), as well as in other locations like North Carolina, Oklahoma and Georgia.
So... yeah... Christopher Columbus failed to "discover" that others "discovered" North America first.
Christopher Columbus did NOT "discover" America.
The Vikings discovered and settled in North America in 1021AD, or roughly 1,003 years ago. (we forgot to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary due to Covid).
Ancient Romans may have discovered North America. A Roman ship wreck off the Texas coast was discovered in 1886 that could be a late imperial merchant ship sunk along the Texas Coast in the Gulf of Mexico. It's not the only ancient Roman ship wreck in the Americas.
A Roman shipwreck was found in the waters off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: thanks to its content, archaeologists were not only able to date the wreck to the mid-3rd century AD, but also to tell us with relative ease the ship came from ancient Zilis, on the Atlantic coast of modern day Morocco.
The History Channel, filming a documentary on Oak Island, south of Nova Scotia, archaeologists found another Roman shipwreck, along with a ceremonial sword, both dating from the 1st century AD. X ray analysis of the sword confirmed the materials used are compatible with those employed in Rome in that time period.
Similar swords were unearthed also in Europe: they all belonged to the period of Emperor Commodus and were given as a gift to particularly deserving gladiators and warriors.
In the past 200 years a number of coins dating from the 1st to the 4th century AD have been discovered in Kentucky (38), Tennessee (2), Massachusetts (about 10), as well as in other locations like North Carolina, Oklahoma and Georgia.
So... yeah... Christopher Columbus failed to "discover" that others "discovered" North America first.
Excellent!!!