Skull modification is a rarer phenomenon in Viking Age Gotland, with only three known cases, all of which are female. These women, buried in cemeteries at Ire and Havor, had artificially elongated ...

Viking Skulls Reveal the Ancient People Were Hardy, but Not Healthy CT technology could help archaeologists better understand an ancient population’s health, without damaging bones. By Paul Smaglik.

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Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls. That’s what researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg did with ...

But there is evidence of body modification. Archaeologists in the 1980s noted "strange marks" on the teeth of male Viking Age skulls that looked like the teeth had been deliberately filed.Some 130 ...

An amateur metal detectorist in England has unearthed a macabre piece of history: an 18th-century gold band with an inlaid enamel skull decoration. The ring, which was found in a field in Norfolk ...

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.

THE FACE of a 1,000-year-old Viking warrior women has been reconstructed by scientists. The amazing reconstruction is complete with a gruesome battle wound on her skull and layered skin. British sc… ...

Ed Sieger gives the aleon 4 out of a possible 5 pints. View full size Express-Times Photo | SUE BEYER Skull Splitter aleon from the Orkney Brewery in Scotland.