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Two horned helmets widely attributed to the Vikings have just been dated to 900 B.C. — some 2,000 years before the Vikings ever existed. The bronze helmets were discovered in Denmark in 1942 and ...
On Friday, August 23rd the Lowndes Vikings saw the return of the iconic silver helmets. “We brought them out for our Thursday morning practice, they didn’t know anything.
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10 Big Myths About the Vikings

People seem forever reimagining the seafaring Vikings from northern Europe, but 'the Viking Age' is one of the most confusing ...
The only Viking age helmet ever found, the Gjermundbu helmet unearthed in Ringerike, Norway, bears a resemblance to a Batman mask—sans pointed ears. Also, no horns, points out Barraclough.
IN days of yore, Vikings were fearsome warriors with horns jutting from their helmets. We know this because we've seen it in the movies, on the opera stage or in Hagär the Horrible comic strips ...