Those texts, though, purport a lively settlement with thousands of residents, a military fort, and a pier to give Viking ships a place to restock and rest. Karolina Kokora, director of Wolin’s history museum, tells the New York Times that this city would have resembled a “medieval New York on the Baltic.” Of course, that’s only if it actually ever existed outside of mentions in old Viking texts. If real, Jomsborg would have served as a trading post that hosted Vikings, Germans, and Slavs-all people groups with historical ties to the area. That led some to believe that Jomsborg was nothing more than a compilation of lore-a mythical mash-up city described as a fortress combined with a bustling trading post. “It could solve a mystery going back more than 500 years: Where is Jomsborg?”īelieved to be a key part of Viking history, Jomsborg first surfaced in 12 th century texts. “It is very exciting,” Wojciech Filipowiak, an archaeologist at Poland’s Academy of Sciences working on the project, tells the New York Times. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play When Polish islands start offering up clues to a 10 th century city, Viking scholars get excited, knowing that the potentially-real-possibly-mythical city of Jomsborg could be part of the equation. Those artifacts point toward the existence of a 10 th century city-at least, according to the man doing the finding. But a simple construction project to erect a new observation tower in a public park on the Polish island Wolin unearthed fresh artifacts. The history of Viking life has been largely buried, whether physically or figuratively. 270p The researchers have now published the results of what they say is the largest LiDAR survey to date, months after first revealing their remarkable discovery. The rousing debate surrounding the potential existence and possible location of a key 10 th century Viking city has resurfaced, thanks to an observation tower on a Polish island in the Baltic Sea.

Whether the 10 th century city was real or not remains a point of discussion.

The researcher claims to have discovered remains of an ancient fortress.One archeologist believes he found evidence of the Viking city of Jomsborg on a Polish island in the Baltic Sea.Discuss some of the (famous) Mayan ruins and talk about some that can still be seen in Central America today. Ask students to see if they can come up with uses for the Maya Pyramids. Show the video and explain that we still have ancient temples surviving today that we can look at and study. Finally, discuss Maya architecture with the students.

Ask students to analyze the given images on the interactive whiteboard and to see if they can figure out which people they are portraying. It had a hierarchical government structure with Kings and Priests at the top, followed by Merchants & Artisans, Peasants, and finally Servants. Following this, explain the Mayan government. Visit the ancient Maya sites that so enchanted this early. Ask students to turn and talk to a partner to discuss how they think the Maya used the land and climate to their advantage. Follow archeologist Alfred Maudslays travels with the British Museum and Google Arts & Culture. Ask students to drag pictures to help show what the land was like in Mesoamerica. Next, explain what the land and climate were like. Have students circle the countries on the map. Start by explaining the geography of where the Maya lived.

Ancient maya civilization map