Originally practiced by Huns and in southeastern Europe, skull elongation had never before been observed in Viking burials. But its presence among three 8th to 11th-century women buried in Gotland ...

Ancient Skull of Viking King Gorm the Old Reconstructed With 3-D Printing. Published Nov 21, 2017 at 10:32 AM EST Updated Nov 21, 2017 at 12:48 PM EST.

In a nutshell CT scans of 15 Viking-age skulls revealed widespread dental infections, sinusitis, ear diseases, and joint ...

Viking Dental Health Was a Nightmare, New Skull Analysis Shows With no antibiotics or modern dentistry, persistent ear and tooth infections were the norm for Viking-era residents of modern day Sweden.