How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark's oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint
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Weird Weapons - The Mangual, or two handed chain flail. Used extensively in Spain and Portugal from around 1400 -1650.
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Archaeologists discover stash of 1,500-year-old weapons – includes the only known Roman helmet ever found in Denmark
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‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent in the United Kingdom
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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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Engraving on an almost 2,000-year-old knife believed to be the oldest runes ever found in Denmark
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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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Weird Weapons - 'Bike' chain flail
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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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