There are multiple reports in Finland of a find of a recurve bow that predates their development in Europe by 400 years. This exhibit languishes in a basement to this day because the timing is inconvenient.
There are multiple reports in Finland of a find of a recurve bow that predates their development in Europe by 400 years. This exhibit languishes in a basement to this day because the timing is inconvenient.
wikipedia calls him a pseudoscientist promoting weird theories, so he is probably on the right track. Everyone denied or humiliated by wikipedia is now promoted to reality!
As a linguist, I can reasonably believe that nomadic Hungarians lived in the same area as the Finns for a while. Their language contains words borrowed from Finnish, although in my understanding, the grammars of the two languages are completely different. Hungarians had composite bows that shot three times to the distance of an English medieval longbow. :)
There are multiple reports in Finland of a find of a recurve bow that predates their development in Europe by 400 years. This exhibit languishes in a basement to this day because the timing is inconvenient.
Somewhat on this topic, I really like Graham Hancock's work.
wikipedia calls him a pseudoscientist promoting weird theories, so he is probably on the right track. Everyone denied or humiliated by wikipedia is now promoted to reality!
As a linguist, I can reasonably believe that nomadic Hungarians lived in the same area as the Finns for a while. Their language contains words borrowed from Finnish, although in my understanding, the grammars of the two languages are completely different. Hungarians had composite bows that shot three times to the distance of an English medieval longbow. :)