Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say

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Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say (www.livescience.com)

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Vikings didn't wear horns they wore simple functional buckets with nose guards. The horns is a myth built from shamanic ritual headress eing conflated into war dress.

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