We all recognize ancient Vikings ... It is likely that Vikings did not wear horns on their helmets, particularly for battle and non-ceremonial purposes. The image of Vikings with horned helmets ...

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Within a few decades, the horned helmet image had gone viral and migrated to popular culture as a generic image of Wagner’s mythical world, and by extension the craze for all things Viking.

The idea that Viking helmets ever even had horns is surprisingly recent, despite the fact that the culture is well-documented in written history ... Together, the images suggest a culture that ...

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 ...

investigated what went under the helmet; the scientists extracted authentic DNA from ancient Viking skeletons, avoiding many of the problems of contamination faced by past researchers. Although ...