Most eighteenth-century vikings wore winged helmets, ... The horned figures on the Golden Horns are berserkers. ... Metcalfe, Tom. “Horned ‘Viking’ Helmets Were Actually from a Different ...

Misconceptions abound about Vikings. They are often depicted as bloodthirsty, unwashed warriors with winged helmets. But that's a poor picture based largely on Viking portrayals in the 19th ...

A “viking age” is first mentioned in 1873, in two independent Danish and Swedish articles; the period gets its first monumental write-up in Johannes Steenstrup’s four-volume Norman-nerne ...

Misconceptions abound about Vikings. They are often depicted as bloodthirsty, unwashed warriors with winged helmets. But that's a poor picture based largely on Viking portrayals in the 19th ...

Misconceptions abound about Vikings.They are often depicted as bloodthirsty, unwashed warriors with winged helmets. But that's a poor picture based largely on Viking portrayals in the 19th century ...