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Björn Ironside Was A Brave Viking Hero In Scandinavian Legend — But Did He Really Exist?Several medieval chronicles tell of Björn Ironside, a Viking king who ruled in Sweden and Norway in the ninth century C.E., ...
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.
New research has revealed the horrors of the Viking age, as the study of skulls showed evidence of devastating disease and infections. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden used ...
The earliest information on Germanic peoples and their culture was recorded in Roman ... where researchers identified ancestry from Sweden in Viking Age individuals who lived in what is now ...
The discovery of Viking Age skeletons in Varnhem, Sweden, provides valuable insight into people’s lives from that era. A year ago, researchers revealed the shocking state of their dental health.
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Viking Skulls Show Evidence of Disease and Painful ConditionsSweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study from the ...
More information: Carolina Bertilsson et al, Findings from computed tomography examinations of Viking age skulls, BDJ Open (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41405-025-00309-9 Provided by Swedish Research Council ...
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