English News Weekly

 This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on a fascinating discovery from Sweden that could alter Viking history. Garments recovered from 9th and 10th Century Viking graves have revealed Arabic writing – including the words 'Allah' and 'Ali' embroidered on some of them. Researchers from a Swedish University claim this is the first time such discoveries have been found. What does this mean? Why is this interesting? English News Weekly will try to explain all... (PDF) Image credit: Grzegorz Wysocki via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. Download MP3