Article 6FGV7 Viking Runestones Suggest Bluetooth’s Mom Was Actually a Really Big Deal

Viking Runestones Suggest Bluetooth’s Mom Was Actually a Really Big Deal

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Isaac Schultz
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Archaeologists scrutinizing two groups of runestones from Denmark have determined the name Thyra' mentioned in the two inscriptions refers to the same woman: Queen Thyra, wife of Gorm the Old, and mother of Harald Bluetooth, the ruler whose name adorns the technology that connects modern wireless devices.

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