"The only complete viking helmet ever found - Gjermundbu" Topic
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Tango01 | 25 Dec 2017 2:48 p.m. PST |
"The popular image of the Vikings is one of fearsome warriors wearing horned helmets. Many depictions of the Vikings display this particular attribute. However, there is only one preserved helmet from the Viking Age and this does not have horns. On March 30 1943, historians in Oslo gained the information that a farmer named Lars Gjermundbo found and dug into a huge mound on his land near the farm of Gjermundbu, southern Norway. The place was examined by archaeologists (Marstrander and Blindheim) the next month and the result was really fascinating.
The mound was 25 meters long, 8 meters broad in the widest place and 1.8 meters high in the middle part. The most of the mound was formed by stony soil; however, the interior of the middle part was paved with large stones. Some stones were found even on the surface of the mound. In the middle part, about one meter below the surface and under the stone layer, the first grave was discovered. It is believed that one of the buried men was a petty king from the Ringerike área…" Main page link
Amicalement Armand
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14Bore | 25 Dec 2017 4:01 p.m. PST |
Cool, amazed its a 1 of a kind item |
Tango01 | 26 Dec 2017 11:08 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Parzival | 30 Dec 2017 1:46 p.m. PST |
Wait… If this is the ONLY complete Viking helmet ever found, how do we know that some *didn't* have horns? |
Gunfreak | 02 Jan 2018 1:17 p.m. PST |
Because of all the well preserved Polaroids. |
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