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Viking Yarm Helmet

Viking Helmet Unearthed in Britain

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This has become the first Viking helmet ever found in Britain. Not many Vikings in their times could afford a helmet to join battle. It often symbolized power, leadership, and wealth.

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The Viking ship site Gjellestad

Viking Ship Is Being Excavated After Centuries

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Viking Gjellestad ship is now being excavated. The ship was discovered in 2018 when a team of archaeologists tried to scan through the site which was believed to be a complicated area in the Viking Age.

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Why Sweyn Forkbeard Declared War On Anglo-Saxon?

Why Sweyn Forkbeard Declared War On Anglo-Saxon?

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On St Brice's Day, king Aethelred of Wessex made a wrong decision leading his fall in political reign. Viking king Sweyn Forkbeard from that moment on changed his life and stepped into a new political path.

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Canute the Great Viking king of England

Who Was the Greatest Viking King of All Time?

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He was the most powerful king of Denmark and also ruled over England for more than two decades. According to the historians, no Viking king in Viking history could overshadow him.

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Ragnar Lothbrok how Ragnar die Viking history

Ragnar Death: How The Old Boar Suffered

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"How the piggies will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered"

Ragnar Lothbrok was executed in so brutal a way that his sons finally formed the Great Heathen Army and declared eternal war on Northumbria. 

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