Two horned helmets widely attributed to the Vikings have just been dated to 900 B.C. — some 2,000 years before the Vikings ever existed. The bronze helmets were discovered in Denmark in 1942 and ...

From appearing in the Asterix comic book series, to inspiring an avatar on “The Masked Singer,” Vikings have revealed themselves across pop culture sporting horned helmets to symbolize their ...

The elaborately-horned Viksø helmets have been associated with medieval Vikings. But a new study fixes their date to about 900 B.C. – over a thousand years before any Vikings.

The new research dates the helmets to around 900 B.C.E. National Museum of Denmark Some of the most common depictions of Vikings show large warriors wearing helmets affixed with horns.

We’ve been lied to. As the above video shows, popular imagery of Vikings is filled with lots of horned helmets. It’s everywhere from football mascots (like the Minnesota Vikings) to far too ...

However, two horned helmets first discovered in Viksø, Denmark have been traced back to Sardinia in the Bronze Age – dispelling myths that they originated from the Viking era, according to ...

The helmets would not have been transported by land, as “the other-wise flourishing transalpine trade route seems to have been inactive in disseminating the image of the horned warrior hero ...

From appearing in the Asterix comic book series, to inspiring an avatar on "The Masked Singer," Vikings have revealed themselves across pop culture sporting horned helmets to symbolize their ...

From appearing in the Asterix comic book series, to inspiring an avatar on “The Masked Singer,” Vikings have revealed themselves across pop culture sporting horned helmets to symbolize their ...