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Vikings

Vikings Exhibition at Discovery Times Square: Setting History Straight-ish

The Viking exhibition that has just opened in New York wants to bust myths, but the exhibit’s spokespeople are busting myths that aren’t myths.

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In this week’s eSkeptic, Steven Pinker moves to Beckman Auditorium from Baxter Hall, and tickets are now available in advance; Eve Siebert discuss the History Channel’s Vikings, and Daniel Loxton discusses the scope of skepticism and skeptical history on INSIGHT at Skeptic.com; Skepticality interviews Ian Harris; and Lucy talks with Mr. Deity about all the help he’s been giving people in the wealthier countries of the world.

History Channel’s Vikings and the Mystical Land of England

Eve Siebert explains how the History Channel’s Vikings depicts both the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons in a stereotypical and pseudohistorical manner, getting some things about Norse raiders right—and some things weirdly wrong.

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