Per a statement, the gear is the first of its kind ever found in Britain and only the second nearly complete Viking helmet in the world. (The other was found in Gjermundbu, Norway, in 1943).

What gives the chess pieces their magic is their charisma ... which had similar effects in the shape of a cross. The Gjermundbu Helmet, found in 1943, was the one and only near-complete Viking ...

there is only one preserved helmet from the Viking Age and this does not have horns. It was found in the Norwegian warrior’s burial at Gjermundbu, north of Oslo, together with the only complete ...

Probably a helmet, right? Does it look like the one below? A Viking helmet found in Gjermundbu, Norway. Ove Holst. The first thing that probably jumps out to you here is that there are no horns.

Just before the age of the Vikings, a town on an eastern island of present-day Denmark was a regional center of trade. The town of Lejre is centrally located between England and Sweden, each with ...

The Gjermundbu helmet was found in 1943 broken in fragments. It has since been restored and on display at the University of Oslo’s Historical Museum. Some myths can be chalked up to lore ...

"The only other near-complete Viking helmet is from Gjermundbu in Norway." The Yarm Helmet remains on display at Preston Park Museum in Stockton.

In a town outside Copenhagen, Denmark, metal detectorists discovered an artifact that pre-dates the Vikings. Marco Chilese via Unsplash Just before the age of the Vikings, a town on an eastern ...