The Horned Helmets Falsely Attributed to Vikings Are Actually Nearly 3,000 Years Old | Smart News
The helmets’ similarities to art from southern Europe shows how goods and ideas traveled during the Nordic Bronze Age
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The helmets’ similarities to art from southern Europe shows how goods and ideas traveled during the Nordic Bronze Age
Two bronze helmets with elaborate horns were found in the 1940s in a bog in Viksø, Denmark. Now, researchers say they were deposited in the bog around 900 BC, before the first Vikings in the region.
A new study on the rare Bronze Age Viksø horned helmets of Denmark links their symbolism with Mediterranean art suggesting an unknown trade route to Scandinavia.