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No, Vikings Didn’t Have Horns On Their Helmets — Here’s The True Origins of the Myth

Throughout the last century, the Vikings have been depicted in so many inaccurate ways. They were male-dominated, brutal, homogenous, and, of course, they wore the infamous horned helmet. In reality, ...
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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 picture it instantly: a towering Viking warrior striding across a windswept ...
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Vikings land at British Museum, but without the horns

LONDON (Reuters) - The Viking exhibition opening on Thursday at the British Museum has axes, swords, helmets, dragon figureheads and, as its centrepiece, a 37-metre-long (121-feet) Viking warship that ...