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No, Vikings Didn’t Have Horns On Their Helmets — Here’s The True Origins of the Myth
Learn more about the Vikings, their lifestyle, and where the stereotypical horned helmet originated from.
Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...
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Many still believe Vikings wore horned helmets, but there is no evidence they ever did, and it's a theatrical fantasy born centuries later
It’s strange how one of the world’s most recognizable historical images is also one of the least accurate. Everyone can ...
This round, silver pendant was found in a 10th-century elite woman's burial in Sweden in 1920 and is the only known depiction of a pregnant Viking. The artifact, known as the Ash Pendant, is in the ...
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