{"id":4875,"date":"2017-10-10T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4875-allah-and-ali-writings-appeared-in-the-viking-tombs\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T09:52:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:52:19","slug":"allah-and-ali-writings-appeared-in-the-viking-tombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4875-allah-and-ali-writings-appeared-in-the-viking-tombs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Allah &#8216; and &#8216; Ali &#8216; writings appeared in the Viking tombs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What was previously thought to be typical Viking Age patterns in silver have now proven to be geometric Kufic characters. The Uppsala University researchers behind the study also show that both Allah and Ali are invoked in the patterns of the bands.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>What was previously thought to be typical Viking Age patterns in silver have now proven to be geometric Kufic characters. The Uppsala University researchers behind the study also show that both Allah and Ali are invoked in the patterns of the bands.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Arabic characters appear on woven bands of silk in burial costumes found in Viking Age boatgraves, as well as in the chamber graves clothing of central Viking Age sites such as Birka in Swedish M\u00e4lardalen.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cOne exciting detail is that the word \u2018Allah\u2019 is depicted in mirror image,\u201d says Annika Larsson, researcher in textile archaeology at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University.<\/h4>\n<h4>It was while working to recreate textile patterns for the Viking Couture exhibit at Enk\u00f6ping Museum, Enk\u00f6ping, Sweden, that the researchers discovered that the woven bands contained ancient Arabic script, Kufic characters, invoking both Allah and Ali. The Kufic characters were found in the Viking Age in mosaics on burial monuments and mausoleums, primarily in Central Asia.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was previously thought to be typical Viking Age patterns in silver have now proven to be geometric Kufic characters. 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