Human sacrifice, a female death angel, the Vikings were more savage than you thought

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In some ways, history has got it wrong about the Vikings. Those supposedly horned helmets of theirs are a complete fabrication. Their leaders didn’t revel in names such as Eirik Bloodaxe, Thorfinn Skullsplitter and Harald Hardruler for nothing. There was also a peaceful, domesticated side to them and a rich cultural heritage to draw on.

A splendid array of archaeological artefacts will show this in major exhibition, opening in a couple of weeks’ time at the British Museum


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eum-unveils-treasures-ferocious-invaders.html
 
In some ways, history has got it wrong about the Vikings. Those supposedly horned helmets of theirs are a complete fabrication.
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One of the first things the history professor said in a lecture I listened to on Vikings was that they didn't wear horned helmets. It is not history that's gotten it wrong, it's you, the proles.
 
Threedee said:
Either way, fuck the Vikings.
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They could easily be describing Rune.

Another chronicler, an Arab traveller named Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, came across Vikings in what is now Russia, and was scandalised by their lack of hygiene.

They were ‘the filthiest of God’s creatures’, as dirty as ‘wild asses’ and had shocking sexual habits.​
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