This tapestry also contains one of the only known depictions of a horned Viking helmet.

THE cover of the February 2nd edition 2013 of The Economist featured a Viking wearing a horned helmet, to accompany our special report on the merits of the Nordic model. Our cover designer knew ...

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).

However, two horned helmets first discovered in Viksø, Denmark have been traced back to Sardinia in the Bronze Age – dispelling myths that they originated from the Viking era, according to ...

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.

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

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 ...