AUTHENTIC VIKINGS ARTIFACTS - AN OVERVIEW

A clue—in truth, for a long time, the one clue—came in 1943 with the invention of the broken spangenhelm helmet in Ringerike, Norway. Found in nine fragments amongst a cache of weaponry and also other burial artefacts, the piece – named Gjermundbhu, after the farm where it was located – was painstakingly restored, providing a literal glimps

By far the most wonderful sword in the collection could be the Sword from Langeid. This sword tells us the Tale of an important transition at the conclusion of the Viking Age - the Vikings progressively providing up their Norse mythology although embracing Christianity. The Langeid sword is from the start of the eleventh century and it is impressiv