The main items for a Viking would be a helmet, a shield, a knife, and then a spear or an axe. Using a round shield provides a big protective advantage that makes armour less important when ...

In 2017, a group of researchers in Sweden did a genetic analysis on the bones of a warrior Viking, long assumed to ... two shields and 25 armor-piercing arrows. The woman had a bag on her lap.

AFP Young participants take part in a Viking procession during the annual Up Helly Aa festival Credit: AFP Participants dressed in armour and holding Viking war-axes and shields gather for a ...

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He describes what Viking armor looked like in "Outlander," starring Jim Caviezel, Ron Perlman, and John Hurt. He explains how Vikings navigated and landed their ships in "The Long Ships," starring ...

Roaring, snorting, fire-wielding Vikings have poured on to the Shetland Isles for a celebration of the Scottish islands' Norse heritage. Ladies lamenting the lack of “real men” as Valentine's ...