The goat in an empty homeSourced
A deserted Greenland settlement.
Then a frozen goat was found.
In the 14th century, cleric Ívar Bárðarson reported abandoned farms and roaming livestock in Greenland's Western Settlement. Later excavations found a goat preserved in permafrost inside an empty Norse home, supporting his account.
An old report gained
a striking physical trace.
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