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  2. Vegvísir - Wikipedia

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    Vegvísir is a compound word formed from the two Icelandic words, vegur and vísir. Vegur means 'way, road, path' (lit. ' way '), and vísir, inflection form of vísa, 'to show, to let know, to guide' (lit.

  3. Category:History museums - Wikipedia

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  4. Icelandic magical staves - Wikipedia

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    Icelandic name Manuscript description Image Að unni “To get a girl”, this magical stave is used by a man in love to gain the affections of the object of his desires.

  5. Kutaisi State Historical Museum - Wikipedia

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    Kutaisi State Historical Museum, formally known as the Niko Berdzenishvili Kutaisi State History Museum, is a museum in Kutaisi, Georgia. [1] A major museum, it is also considered to be one of the most important scientific-research institutions in Georgia with its extensive research library and laboratory.

  6. Musée de l'Histoire de France (Versailles) - Wikipedia

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    The galerie des Batailles One of the salles des Croisades. The Musée de l'Histoire de France (French pronunciation: [myze də listwaʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ, useum of French History) is a museum that was created by King Louis Philippe I in the Palace of Versailles and opened in 1837.

  7. Talk:Vegvísir - Wikipedia

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    It has no name in Icelandic. And I don't know if there is an article on Wikipedia but it is actually a wooden thing found during an archaeological excavation in 1948 in the Uunartoq fjord in Greenland and dating to about A.D: 1000. Sören Thirslund has written a book about it, Viking Navigation, published by the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde ...

  8. Latvian Museum of National History - Wikipedia

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    Museum logo. The Latvian Museum of National History (Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs), is a national history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1869 by the Riga Latvian Society. Since 1920 it has been located in Riga Castle and in 1924 it attained state museum status. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, research and ...

  9. Virginia Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private, non-profit organization, supported almost entirely by private contributions.