Iron Age Figure Resembles Mickey Mouse - Uppåkra, Sweden

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Swedish archaeologists have uncovered signs of a Viking precursor to Mickey Mouse. Among the objects found during excavations at Uppåkra in southern Sweden is an iron age figure bearing a strong resemblance to the classic cartoon character.[continued]
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By the expression on his face, to me it looks like Mickey paid a visit to Vlad the Impaler.
 
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Oh it does look like Mickey! I love it. To me he looks like he's had a few bowls of mead.
 
:smile::smile: This is great! Has Zz seen this yet?
 
He looks a bit too fierce to be Micky. Must be from the "other" side of his family that nobody talks about at parties. :rolleyes:
 
turbo-1 said:
He looks a bit too fierce to be Micky. Must be from the "other" side of his family that nobody talks about at parties. :rolleyes:

My parents have a very old Woody Woodpecker cartoon film.
IIRC the title was Knock Knock.
Granted I haven't seen it since I was 10 or 12, but Woody was very fierce and somewhat evil looking to my memory.
Not at all the cute character he is now.

Looks like Mickey made a similar progression to cuteness :smile:
 
Don't let the people at the Walt Disney Co. sees this, or they might sue those Vikings for copyright infringement!

:)

Zz.
 
ZapperZ said:
Don't let the people at the Walt Disney Co. sees this, or they might sue those Vikings for copyright infringement!

:)

Zz.

:smile: The Vikings should sue Disney.