Archaeologist Cat Jarman, a Viking Age specialist, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Vikings
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Rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark were long believed to be comparable. A team of researchers now challenges that assumption.
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"Sword breakers" were rare and we don't know much about them. How were they used and what were they really for? Two experienced rapier fencers experiment with one to discover more about them.
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Viking-era sword hilt found near grave of 'Gausel Queen' by amateur detectives – only twenty similar swords of this type have been found in Norway
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Scientists stage sword fights to study Bronze Age warfare
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How they wore their swords (from approx. 1150-1600)
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