All that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true.

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 ...

Here’s how it works. Two spectacular bronze helmets decorated with bull-like, curved horns may have inspired the idea that more than 1,500 years later, Vikings wore bulls' horns on their helmets ...

The first thing that probably jumps out to you here is that there are no horns. The helmet, discovered at a Norwegian farm in the 1940s, is one of the few complete Viking helmets ever discovered.

And don’t forget the Ram Horns, those are popular on these creative lids. Just you wait. Joe Vollan gets the credit on this unique helmet. Attaching spikes and crystal to a motorcycle helmet is way ...

Now housed at the National Museum of Denmark, the helmets each have peculiar curved horns in the style of a bull and two large domes made to look like eyes. The elaborate style of the headgear ...

The new research dates the helmets to around 900 B.C.E. National Museum of Denmark Some of the most common depictions of Vikings show large warriors wearing helmets affixed with horns. But new ...

Our cover designer knew when he chose the image that it might invite complaints on the grounds of historical accuracy: real Viking helmets did not have horns. Put “Viking helmet” into Google ...