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The warrior’s 4,000-year-old tomb was no ordinary grave ... Arrowheads embedded in six of the shield’s plates suggest it saw battle. His remains, though incomplete, showed signs of a rugged and ...
The shield, likely crafted from plates of animal bone, indicated that the warrior was well-protected during battle. Radiocarbon dating confirmed the grave’s age, placing it at approximately 4,000 ...
A new full-body reconstruction depicts a warrior wearing armor and holding weapons, all of which were found in a 4,000-year-old burial in Siberia.
The Eric Bloodaxe Silver Round is a fierce tribute to Norse legacy and warrior mythology, struck from .999 fine silver and ...
One might expect a Spartan warrior who had both lost his shield and fainted in battle to prefer death to dishonor. That’s certainly the kind of choice Leonidas is celebrated for supposedly making.
The Vikings, like the Anglo-Saxons, fought on foot (not horseback) and in battle formed a ‘shield-wall’ where ... a large army drawn from his own warriors and the male population called ...
A Celtic warrior was injured in battle 2,500 years ago. Archaeologists were able to identify the weapon based on 3D scans of his skeleton.