Just before the age of the Vikings, a town on an eastern ... said finding any helmet parts are relatively rare in Denmark, but finding one as ornamented as this is even more unique, making it ...

The notion that Viking helmets had horns originated in 19th-century paintings, and it was repeated in Hollywood movies. The myth also may have been inspired by ceremonial helmets with horns found in ...

An exceptionally rare gold-plated fragment of a pre-Viking helmet adorned with red gemstones was discovered in Lejre, Denmark, the historic power center of the Vikings. The helmet fragment dates ...

This marks the first time an ancient Roman helmet was found in Denmark. According to the press release, the two plates "consist of a neck guard and a decorated cheek guard from a so-called crest ...

Like the iconic horns on their helmets, the image of a raging ... The corroded but unusually heavy and large Viking battle axe recently found in Denmark, inset, with one of more common dimensions ...

Fifty “exceptionally well-preserved” Viking skeletons have been unearthed in Denmark by archaeologists from the Museum Odense, west of Copenhagen, along with five cremated graves.

Archaeologists found 50 Viking-era skeletons in Åsum, Denmark. Dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the graves are evidence of international trade. The area's growth was influenced by these ...

In a town outside Copenhagen, Denmark, metal detectorists discovered ... and together they made the brow ridge of a pre-Viking era helmet. The helmet was made of bronze and then gilded in gold ...

The myth also may have been inspired by ceremonial helmets with horns found in Denmark in 1942, but those date to about 900 B.C. — over a thousand years before the Vikings. It is undeniable that ...