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We all recognize ancient Vikings from their distinctive helmets featuring horns – or at least that’s what imagery from popular culture has led us to believe. The reality is far more practical: It is ...

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, ...

Despite all the illustrations in children’s books, and the ­depictions in Wagner operas, no archaeological dig has produced any evidence they did. However, new carbon dating of two helmets has ...